article_snippet: I hardly have any contact with Eleanor,' Ms McPhillips says of partner Robert Howard's four-year-old daughter. 'partner Robert Howard's four-year-old daughter lives with partner Robert Howard's four-year-old daughter mum and partner Robert Howard's four-year-old daughter never stays with us
article_snippet: The couple cannot have IVF on the NHS as Robert already has a child .
article_snippet: Promised IVF by medics at the time, Ms McPhillips' thought nothing more of IVF until, three years after meeting Mr Howard, 24, Ms McPhillips' decided Ms McPhillips' wanted to start a family and requested an appointment.
article_snippet: But The couple were left devastated when the NHS officials told The couple NHS officials were not eligible for IVF because Robert has a child, four-year-old Eleanor, from a previous relationship.
article_snippet: The eligibility criteria states that where either partner in a couple has a living son or daughter from a living son or daughter relationship or any previous relationship, funding is not available through any of the CCGs in the NHS across Kent and Medway,' Dr Peter Green, chief officer for the Medway Clinical Commissioning Group wrote. '
article_snippet: Mr Howard, who recently left his job as a supermarket manager, added: 'I have been with Charlotte for three years and we want a baby together.'
highlights_snippet: Applied for IVF when Charlotte McPhillips wanted to have a baby with partner Robert, 24 .
  
highlights_snippet: Told they are not eligible as Robert has child from previous relationship .
  