AQW 5288/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 29/06/2020
Answered On Date: 15/07/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health when the Regional Fertility Centre based at the Royal Victoria Hospital will reopen; and when appointments and treatments will begin for patients.

Answer:

I can only provide information on publicly-funded treatment provided by the Regional Fertility Centre (RFC) in the Belfast Trust.

I launched the Strategic Framework for Rebuilding Health and Social Care Services on 9 June 2020. The focus will be on re-starting urgent services first. However, I have made it clear that I also consider re-instatement of fertility services to be a priority and the Trust is working to put plans in place to enable the service to recommence as soon as possible.