IVF clinics face new crackdown on add-on treatments

The HFEA has no powers to stop clinics offering questionable treatments. Photograph: Science Photo Library/Getty ImagesIVF clinics are facing a further crackdown to curb take-up of expensive add-on treatments that have little proven effectiveness.The fertility regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), is concerned about the number of clinics still offering procedures such as endometrial scratching and assisted egg hatching.It found that the proportion offering such trea