Call for more NHS funding to reduce twin births - The Guardian 5th December 2007

The number of twin births from IVF should be reduced from 25% to 10%, according to the government's fertility regulator. It is calling for a three-year national strategy to change the way fertility clinics operate, so that fewer women have two or three embryos implanted simultaneously. As part of the strategy, NHS funding for fertility treatment would need to be increased, said Walter Merricks, the interim chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. He said he had written to the health minister asking her to influence healthcare trusts to increase availability of treatment on the NHS, because women who only had access to one funded cycle were more likely to beg for a double embryo transfer.

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IVF strategy to reduce number of hazardous multiple births - The Times 5th November 2007

Restricting embryo implants will save lives - The Telegraph 5th November 2007

Fresh drive to cut IVF twin toll - BBC Health News 4th December 2007