NHS's infertility 'overspend'
Infertility Network Scotland said the money could have instead been invested in a further 15 cycles of IVF treatment for patients.
They said the health board applied a funding formula usually set aside for private healthcare, and if the national NHS cost had been used, 44,000 would have been saved.
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Hide AdA spokesman for the Infertility Network said: "This interim report is based on meetings and other communications with health boards and clinics in Scotland."
NHS Lothian recently invested 300,000 in a bid to make IVF treatment more widely available and reduce the waiting time from three years.