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Crohn's patient Lizzie Rose loses egg-freezing case Crohn's patient Lizzie Rose loses egg-freezing case
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A woman with Crohn's disease has lost a legal challenge against a decision to refuse her NHS funding to freeze her eggs before chemotherapy. A woman with Crohn's disease has lost a legal challenge against a decision to refuse NHS funding to freeze her eggs.
Lawyers for Elizabeth Rose, 25, from Margate, Kent, claimed in the High Court it was unlawful to refuse the treatment to preserve her fertility.Lawyers for Elizabeth Rose, 25, from Margate, Kent, claimed in the High Court it was unlawful to refuse the treatment to preserve her fertility.
They said the case was urgent with a "short window" for treatment. Ms Rose fears an imminent bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy treatment she faces will leave her infertile.
NHS chiefs said they did not normally fund the treatment because of a lack of evidence of its effectiveness. She took legal action over a refusal by Thanet Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to provide funding.
The Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design fine art graduate believes she is the victim of a "postcode lottery" as the treatment is available to single women in other parts of the country.
Clinicians at King's College Hospital in south east London applied on her behalf for funding so her eggs could be frozen, but the case was contested by Thanet CCG, which argued that its refusal was lawful.
Mr Justice Jay, sitting in London, dismissed the application for a judicial review.