What Is the Impact of Fertility Treatment on Patient Health?

This Progress Educational Trust event discusses what is known about the impact of IVF – and assisted conception more broadly – on the physical and psychological health of patients. More details in the description below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ This event was held online on 22 April 2026, and was produced by the Progress Educational Trust (https://www.progress.org.uk/) in partnership with the ‪@scottishgovernment‬ (https://www.gov.scot/). INTRODUCTION • 0:00:00 – Sarah Norcross (Director, Progress Educational Trust) PRESENTATIONS • 0:02:00 – Dr Alina Pelikh (Senior Research Fellow in Demography at University College London) • 0:14:13 – Dr Jen Barcroft (Clinical Fellow in Reproductive Medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust) • 0:25:44 – Dr Alice Domar (Chief Compassion Officer at Inception Fertility) • 0:33:56 – Follow-up by Dr Jen Barcroft (Clinical Fellow in Reproductive Medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust) DISCUSSION • 0:36:32– Q&A chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director, Progress Educational Trust) 🎥 The recording of this event was made by Video Production Edinburgh (https://videoproductionedinburgh.co.uk/) ▪️▪️▪️ Image in video thumbnail by Ezequiel Miron/University of Oxford, via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the misreplication of DNA in a human fetal lung fibroblast nucleus (super-resolution optical micrograph of DNA stain acquired with a 3D structured illumination microscope). Original image at https://wellcomecollection.org/works/... Image used under a CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons license. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...