IVF clinics must give full cost of treatment before therapy begins - The Times 10th January 2008

IVF clinics will have to give their patients full details of all likely treatment costs before they start to provide it, under regulations announced yesterday by the Government’s fertility watchdog. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) will insist that clinics provide costed plans after every early consultation, as a condition of licensing them. The measures are designed to protect the 70 per cent of IVF patients who pay an average of about £3,500 for private therapy, after complaints that they incur unexpected fees after treatment begins.

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