Rejected petition Scrap BMI requirement for IVF on NHS

The CCG has set out criteria for IVF to the NHS and this information is not readily available. In January this year the CCG added criteria that men's BMI had to be under 30. BMI is not a true measurement of someone's health and this is advised from NICE who the NHS use. This rule should be scrapped

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Over the last two years my partner and I have been trying to conceive. We both have our own problems and we were told we were eligible for IVF. The CCG rejected our application due to the males BMI. I am a healthy and very active and for me to reach the desired BMI I would be unhealthy. The NHS is meant to treat but this rule is creating mental health problems for Men & Women across the UK. We were made to take more tests when the NHS knew the criteria and never informed us.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for.

Decisions about access to IVF are a clinical matter for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the NHS and individual clinicians, not the Government or House of Commons.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to review access to IVF for people with a high BMI, if that's something you would like to happen.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 10 August 2021
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