The NHS offers fertility treatment for transmen that denies many women on cost sites, it can be revealed.
Patients born woman who want to switch can let their eggs frozen in the health service for free.
But women who wait to get pregnant because of work pressure or because they have no relationship are not offered the service.
Instead, their only option is to pay thousands of pounds to make their eggs frozen privately.
Usually only women who are confronted with cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy – which can damage future egg production – the treatment by the NHS can be financed.
Even those with medical issues such as endometriosis, a painful condition that affects 1.5 million women in the UK who can make it difficult to get pregnant are often refused financing.
Campaigners have lobbyed for the NHS to cover the costs of freezing eggs for women with endometriosis, of whom about 50 percent will have trouble getting pregnant. An online petition started in 2021 by endometriosis patient Rhiannon Hurll, 24, from Kent, raised more than 41,000 signatures before he was closed in September of that year.
The government issued a reaction in April 2021 and said that it was' very sympathetic 'for women struggling to become pregnant because of endometriosis and urged' local supervisory directors' to take 'individual decisions based on an assessment of the evidence'.
The NHS offers the fertility treatment of transmen that is denied to many women such as Rhiannon Hurll (photo), 24, who was warned that she would not be eligible for freezing eggs, despite the fact that they have serious endometriosis
Even those with medical problems such as endometriosis, a painful condition that affects 1.5 million women in the UK, including MS Hurll, are often refused financing
Although most integrated care signs (ICBs) – who decide who can let their egg freeze by the NHS – warn that freezing eggs is rarely available on the NHS, many state that financing can be available for transmen.
There are 42 ICBs throughout the country and the criteria for receiving financing varies between them.
The ICB of North Central London, which covers a population of 2.1 million people, says it will pay for freezing eggs for those who can experience fertility problems after planned medical treatments that 'include interventions for gender re -direction'.
A spokesperson said they would also finance it for women who have a medical condition that will probably “lead to infertility in the future,” including those with endometriosis.
The ICB of Noordoost -London says that the Egg will finance freezing for those who have “undergone a gonadotoxic treatment,” who will probably damage sperm or eggs and often refers to certain chemotherapies. It adds that this may include patients who undergo interventions for gender confirmation '.
A spokesperson added: “In the case of women with endometriosis, the freezing of eggs will be financed if their condition is likely to claim, so that it will lead to infertility in the future.”
In Suffolk and North East Essex, the ICB says in its policy document that freezing eggs will be 'considered' for a 'patient who receives treatments funded by NHS who' pose a risk for their fertility. ” In Southwest Londs, a policy document says that the ICB will pay for everyone who is potentially harmful treatments, including surgery, chemotherapy and 'treatment for gender dysphoria'.
An NHS consultant, who asked for not to be mentioned, said to the mail: “I am not an anti-transmen, but I am pro-women, and this policy does not seem fair.” Freezing eggs means that women use drugs to stimulate the ovaries to release multiple eggs, which are then collected with a fine needle.
It costs around £ 5,500 to have eggs frozen privately. There is an annual storage costs that can vary from £ 125 to more than £ 300. If the eggs are used, defrosting the costs in the £ 2500 region is.
