Scotland has often been praised for a forward-thinking attitude to infertility, but new evidence is emerging that maybe the picture north of the border isn't quite as rosy as imagined.
Depending on where you live, you can wait for as long as three years for IVF treatment, and the upper age limit also varies from one area to another. This postcode lottery means that two patients who are due to receive treatment at the same fertility clinic may wait for just a few months to have IVF if they live in one area, but two or three years if they live elsewhere. There are also differences in the number of cycles of treatment offered, with some health boards offering just two rather than the recommended three. There's even confusion over frozen embryo transfers, which are counted as separate treatment cycles in some parts of Scotland.
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