NHS Ivf funding and home address change

[Blue4summer]

Hello ladies,

I have became eligible for ivf funding through NHS now. But we are planning to move from our current address and it will change our council as well. Have anyone experienced such situation. Do i need to inform hospital about this or will they cancel my funding. My treatment is not started yet.

[Sunshine92]

It goes on where your GP is based, so unless you change GP straight away I wouldnt worry too much.

Have you checked to see if your new address puts you under a different CCG? x

[sazzle2680]

Hi Blue4Summer,

As Sunshine92 mentioned, funding is linked to your GP practice/CCG. If you are moving into a different council area you will be moving into a different CCG, as the CCG boundaries usually align with council boundaries. Saying that, quite often neighbouring CCGs work together in like an ‘alliance’ which may mean they have the same criteria and your funding wont be impacted at all. Give your CCG a call and ask in a sort of “if I was to”...hypothetical scenario sort of way.

If it is totally different and it will impact your funding then I’d speak to the new owners of your current house and say you will be setting up a mail divert for any mail addressed to you as well as your partner to your new address. Will cost a little under £80 (£70 for one name and £10 for additional name) for 12months and keep using your old address on any fertility related forms/correspondence. The reason it’s best to let new owners of house know is that when the divert is both activated and coming to an end, Royal Mail send a letter addressed to you to both the addresses. Good luck!xx

[Blue4summer in reply to sazzle2680]

Hi , thank you so much for your advice. We are applying for mail divert service. But just worried if hospital will ask fot any address proof later on during treatment or would they stop treatment because we did not inform them. We will be shifting from southwark ccg to hounslow ccg.

[sazzle2680 in reply to Blue4summer]

Ill PM you x

[DianeArnold Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Hi Blue. Basically all down to whether your current CCG will transfer your funding to your new one if it has changed. If you are just moving locally, there may not be a problem. Good luck! Diane