The fertility regulator has raised concerns about clinics ‘unnecessarily offering unproven treatments to patients’.
Fertility “add-ons” are to be graded in a new system to highlight unproven or unsafe treatments to unsuspecting patients.
As a result, the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority has enhanced its system which highlights the safety and efficacy of these additional treatments. The HFEA’s updated fertility treatment add-on rating system has five colours that indicate whether the regulator considers the treatment effective and safe
“We have developed these ratings looking at all the evidence available and with input from clinicians, embryologists, scientists and patients. We strongly encourage patients to look at and use this information when talking to their clinics.” “In line with the HFEA Code of Practice, clinics must give patients a clear idea of what any treatment add-on will involve, how likely it is to increase their chance of a successful pregnancy and how much it will cost, and link to the HFEA ratings system.”An example of a red category add-on is endometrial receptivity testing, which purports to find the optimal time for an embryo to be transferred into a woman’s womb.
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