Sharp fall in number of NHS IVF procedures across UK, report finds

Only 27% of cycles of IVF were paid for by the NHS during 2022. Photograph: Andriy Bezuglov/Alamy

The NHS has significantly reduced the amount of IVF procedures it provides across the UK, leaving infertile women either unable to access treatment or forced to pay for it privately.

Barely one in four (27%) of cycles of IVF during 2022 were paid for by the health service – the lowest figure since 2008 and a sharp fall on the 40% which it provided in 2012.