Overview

• NSW Health confirmed the five-women donor cap applies worldwide, including outside the state, and said the rule’s scope has not changed since the ART Act began.
• A limited exemption applies to women who before October 1 had an embryo in storage, had reserved a gamete at a NSW clinic, or had reserved donor material stored outside NSW and began treatment after July.
• NSW Health said it will not take regulatory action against assisted reproductive technology providers treating patients who meet the exemption criteria.
• Monash IVF apologised for the uncertainty and distress caused and thanked NSW Health for enabling affected donor patients to continue treatment.
• National health ministers accepted rapid-review recommendations toward a uniform accreditation scheme as providers warn donor shortages and tighter interpretation could raise patient costs.