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EDDIE BARNES
ASYLUM seekers will be given NHS fertility treatment on demand in a controversial move which will mean they are treated almost three times as quickly as many Scots.
Ministers have told doctors they must provide In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) - at a cost per treatment of around �2,700 - to asylum seekers on exactly the same basis as Scottish patients.
The order was given after several asylum seekers sought IVF from the NHS in Scotland and doctors decided to seek the advice of health officials on whether they should provide the treatment.
Ministers have not only authorised IVF for those applying for asylum but have ruled that courses of treatment, which can go on for several months, should continue even if the patient�s application to remain in the UK is rejected. "
