TREND OF CHARGES FOR IN-VITRO FERTILISATION TREATMENTS

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3199

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 13 NOVEMBER 2024

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang

MP for Nee Soon GRC

Question No. 6782

To ask the Minister for Health (a) whether the cost for in-vitro fertilisation treatments at public hospitals and private clinics respectively have increased over the last ten years; and (b) if so, what is the rate of increase.

Written Answer

The cost of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles at public Assisted Reproduction (AR) centres has increased by about 2 per cent a year over the past decade. The Ministry does not track the cost of IVF at private AR centres.