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PRESS STATEMENT

Released by: National Infertility Awareness Campaign, 10 August 2005

The National Infertility Awareness Campaign (NIAC) welcomes a move by the Scottish Executive to consider introducing a waiting time target for infertility treatment at tertiary level. In response to a parliamentary question tabled by Scottish MSP, Mary Scanlon, the Executive announced that following a review of access criteria for NHS funded assisted conception treatment, it would consider the need to apply a target waiting time for tertiary infertility treatment.

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The government is launching a review of the laws governing fertility research and embryo treatment.
BBC News website looks at the laws and how they might change following the review. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act became law in 1990. It has provided a framework for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) ever since.

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