Rising inflation has made it harder for patients to continue fertility treatment, experts say
Fertility patients are being forced to destroy embryos because they cannot afford to transfer or store them during the cost of living crisis, experts have said.
Dr Catherine Hill, Fertility Network UK’s head of policy and public affairs, spoke of a “dire situation for fertility patients” who struggled to get help on the NHS and were then forced to turn to the expensive private sector. She said rising inflation had made it much harder for couples “racking up mountains of debt”.
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