By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline
Published: 18:56 BST, 9 June 2019 | Updated: 18:56 BST, 9 June 2019
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The NHS is being forced to spend roughly £120million a year treating sick and premature babies born to women who have visited private IVF clinics, a new study has found.
Dr Gulam Bahadur, a senior consultant fertility specialist at Homerton University Hospital, led the study which followed 350,000 fertility patients over four years.
According to the Times, the study found that private IVF clinics would charge their patients large amounts but then rely on the NHS to step in when things went wrong.
Dr Gulam Bahadur, a senior consultant fertility specialist at Homerton University Hospital, led the study which followed 350,000 fertility patients over four years
The private fertility treatment industry is worth roughly £300million a year.
Dr Bahadur said: 'The people operating these clinics are taking the profits and paying anything for the mess they are making.'
He is planning to present his findings, never before
