Cancer Survivor Erin Lavery Faces £8,000 Fertility Bill After Stage 3 Lymphoma Treatment
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Updated · STV News · Aug 18
Cancer Survivor Erin Lavery Faces £8,000 Fertility Bill After Stage 3 Lymphoma Treatment
3 articles · Updated · STV News · Aug 18
Summary
Erin Lavery, 23, says she must pay about £8,000 to preserve her fertility after treatment for stage three Hodgkin’s lymphoma left her in menopause.
NHS funding was denied because egg preservation would happen after cancer treatment rather than before it, even though later tests showed she might still be able to preserve eggs.
Lavery, from Cambuslang, was diagnosed in August 2024 after more than a year of symptoms were attributed to low iron, then underwent six months of chemotherapy and a month of radiotherapy.
Now cancer-free, she is campaigning for policy change, arguing support available before treatment should also cover survivors who discover fertility options only afterward.
Scottish public health minister Maree Todd said cases are considered individually and the government will soon set out a review of IVF services.