Can you still have nhs IVF if you go private

[Ariel_the_mermaid]

Can I ask if anyone knows! If you go private for a round of private IVF are you still eligible for IVF on the nhs?

[Olivialinney]

It depends

Where I am you are allowed 2 nhs rounds

But if say for example I had one privet round I would still qualify for 2 nhs

But if I had 2 privet I would only qualify for 1 nhs round.

And if I self funded 3 rounds then I wouldn’t be entitled to any nhs

It can be confusing as nhs funding differs with your postcode unfortunately as some places offer 3 nhs rounds and others 2 or 1 rounds

[Ariel_the_mermaid in reply to Olivialinney]

Thank you

[Naddy1]

My ccg will cancel each nhs round with each private round you have. Not too sure if this is the case for all nhs ccg’s though.

[Solly-44 in reply to Naddy1]

Mine too - we’re lucky enough to be in a 3 rounds CCG but if you’d had a private cycle they’d count that as 1 of your 3 goes

[Ariel_the_mermaid in reply to Naddy1]

Thank you

[precioce]

We had a private round where I got pregnant but lost the baby at 14 weeks. Because it wasn't a successful pregnancy we qualified for our 1 nhs round still.

[Ariel_the_mermaid in reply to precioce]

Thank you

[Ivfgotadream]

Agree with other comments - 99% of NHS trusts deduct any private cycles from your NHS ones

[Winter_Girl]

I don't know if this helps, but I had my NHS funded round at a private hospital. If you have a hospital in mind you can ask them if they accept the NHS funding. If they do then you need to be referred to them. Might not help if you want to do a private round while you wait for your NHS round though, but it is good to know! Good luck.

[Ariel_the_mermaid in reply to Winter_Girl]

Thank you

[sunflowers2020]

Mine would not, but all seems postcode lottery

[Pebbles345]

Hi,

In the area we live the CCG only fund 1 NHS round. We paid privately for our first round and we have still had one round of NHS funding. Our NHS funding includes 2 FET's and although we only produced 1 blastocyst on the NHS funded round they have agreed to use a a blastocyst from our privately funded round.

Sounds like it depends on where you live. Xx

[Ariel_the_mermaid in reply to Pebbles345]

Thank you

[PollyPocket0]

Hi, I think it does depend on the area you live. In my area we're only entitled to one cycle. My NHS consultant said that currently, we could still have our NHS cycle if we chose to do a private one beforehand. But he said that they are looking to change the policy so that may no longer apply by the time we're entitled to our NHS cycle.

[Ariel_the_mermaid in reply to PollyPocket0]

Thank you

[MontsJ]

Definitely check with your CCG. The rules can differ a lot, you don’t want to end up losing a free round as a result of having a private round!

[Ariel_the_mermaid in reply to MontsJ]

Thank you