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All parents who have experienced losing a pregnancy can apply for a certificate formally recognising their loss, the government has announced.
Change in law will allow people with non-transmissible HIV to donate gametes to partners.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
End of outdated law which requires same-sex couples to pay up to £1,000 for safety screening when accessing fertility treatment.
A year on from its Women’s Health Strategy, the government has announced a package of new measures to boost the health and wellbeing of women and girls.
Report published summarising written responses to the women's health call for evidence from 436 organisations and experts in women's health.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Vision for Women’s Health has been published, which sets out key government commitments on women’s health and inequality.
The Consortium brings together 16 leading organisations, spanning the NHS, regulators, and leading third sector and charitable organisations
The CMA is consulting on draft guidance to help fertility clinics understand and comply with their obligations under consumer law.
New guidance will allow clinics to reopen if they can prove measures to protect staff and patients are in place.
The storage time will be extended by 2 years so that those undergoing fertility treatment during the coronavirus outbreak have more time to continue treatment.
The government is seeking views on reviewing the current 10-year storage limit for eggs, sperm and embryos, to give more people the opportunity to start a family.
Plans to add folic acid to flour in the UK could prevent up to 200 birth defects a year, Public Health Minister, Seema Kennedy, announced today.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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