Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, experts say

Some couples are needlessly going through IVF as NHS fails to diagnose treatable cases. Photograph: Andriy Bezuglov/Alamy

Couples are needlessly going through IVF because male infertility is under-researched, with the NHS too often failing to diagnose treatable causes, leading experts have said.

Poor understanding among GPs and a lack of specialists and NHS testing means male infertility is often left untreated in couples struggling to conceive, despite men accounting for 50% of all infertility cases.