NHS to offer fertility preservation for women with severe endometriosis

New guidance follows rise in demand and calls from Glasgow woman who paid £7,000 to freeze her eggs

Women with advanced endometriosis could now be offered NHS funded fertility preservation treatments like egg freezing under new guidance published today.

It comes as a Glasgow woman with the condition, which can affect fertility, told STV News she felt pressure to borrow £7,000 to freeze her eggs privately.

Demand for such treatments has increased by 200% since the pandemic.

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