HSE to use private sector for rollout of publicly funded fertility treatments

The HSE has said the 'national eligibility framework' for who will be able to access such services and in what circumstance has yet to be finalised and remains under development at the Department of Health.

The HSE will use services in the private sector in the short to medium term when publicly-funded fertility services are rolled out later this year, as it aims to “build up a network of public capacity”.

It has begun initial steps to identify the level of interest and capacity within the private market to provide a range of treatments, such as in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), intrauterine insemination (IUI), and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).