AQW 8328/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 07/10/2020
Answered On Date: 13/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQO 93/17-22, whether there has been any progress recruiting staff and capacity building at the Regional Fertility Centre to enable three cycles of IVF to be provided in line with the New Decade, New Approach commitment.

Answer:

I announced, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, my plans to establish a Project Board to take forward the welcome New Decade, New Approach commitment to increasing the number of publicly-funded IVF cycles. However, although membership of the Project Board has been determined, progress has been temporarily delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 response.