AQW 17691/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health what information has been provided to GPs and GP surgeries to inform and update them that they can refer same sex couples for fertility treatment through the Regional Fertility Centre and that being LGBT is not a barrier to access fertility services.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 21 April 2021
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 21 April 2021
- Answer due by
- 7 May 2021
- Answered
- 11 January 2022265 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The referral pathway for all eligible patients, regardless of their sexual orientation, is through their GP. There has not been a particular information campaign regarding the extension of the eligibility criteria from 1 June 2019. The Department of Health eligibility criteria are freely available on the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust website under the clinician section:
https://belfasttrust.hscni.net/services/rfc/for-clinicians/infertility-referral/