1. What fertility investigations take place at Pembury Hospital once a couple (man and woman) are referred by their GP?
2. What are the current waiting times between the date of a GP referral and the date of a first for fertility investigations at Pembury Hospital?
3. Does Pembury Hospital carry out IVF or ICSI fertility treatment?
4. If not, which locations would patients be referred on to for IVF/ICSI? And if there are multiple locations where patients could be referred for this treatment what criteria or process is followed to decide where patients are referred? Do patients get any choice in which location they are referred to?
5. Does Pembury Hospital apply for IVF/ICSI funding from the CCG on behalf of the patient, or is this carried out by the clinic/hospital patients are referred to for this treatment?
6. What are the current waiting times between the date of the decision to refer for IVF/ICSI treatment and the date of the funding decision, and then the current waiting times from the date the funding is approved to the date of the first IVF treatment appointment?
