The eligibility for IUI on the NHS depends on the area where you live so do check with your local GP.
Notwithstanding, the criteria for treatment on the NHS are:
- An inability to have normal, vaginal sex
- A pre exisiting condition which contradicts unprotected sex, for example one partner with HIV
- same sex couples who have previously many 6 cycles of IUI at a private licensed clinic
Read the full article on: What are the requirements for intrauterine artificial insemination? ( 42).

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