Sarah Norcross, director of the fertility charity Progress Educational Trust (PET), said: “It needs to be established, via thorough investigation, what has gone wrong at the clinic since last year’s inspection. This is necessary so that we can understand what has happened, and so that we can make sure it does not happen anywhere else.
“Patients informed that their embryos might be lost will be devastated by this news. Some of these patients may fear that they have lost their chance to become parents. How these patients will be compensated remains to be seen.”
Over the weekend, dozens of women came forward to report issues with their treatment at Homerton.
Emily Porter, 34, from Redbridge, east London, told The Sunday Times that she and her partner were treated so poorly they eventually opted to go private at a cost of £30,000.
‘Not the end of the world’
“I was told, ‘You’ve come in without a baby, so if you leave without one it’s not the end of the world’,” Miss Porter said.
Jessica O’Hara, 37, told the newspaper that being a patient at Homerton was “the worst time of my life”. She added: “There’s so much trauma from that point in time and it is entirely to do with how we were treated by staff.”
The trust said it had increased security and access points in the unit and has begun contacting all fertility patients as well as opening a helpline.
Guy’s Hospital in central London last month admitted that the eggs and embryos of 136 patients may never be viable after it used a faulty solution during the freezing process.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/10/intruders-not-responsible-for-destroying-embryos/
