Healthcare Business #4: Uterine transplants and navigating fertility treatments in the NHS

In this episode, Selvi Ramalingam and Ib Adedugbe discuss the personal, financial and emotional costs of fertility treatments with Dr Belinda Coker, Dr Christine Ekechi, Dr Srdjan Saso and Dr Benjamin Jones. Dr Belinda Coker shares her personal experience of the fertility journey. She is currently a GP and healthcare management consultant. She graduated from Imperial medical school (2002) and business school (MBA 2011). She is also the founder of Your Trusted Squad, a platform to transform the experience of people living with infertility. Dr Christine Ekechi explains what fertility treatments are available on the NHS. She is a Consultant in Obstetrics and gynaecology at Queen Charlotte hospital where she is the lead for the early pregnancy unit. Dr Srdjan Saso is a Honorary Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction at Imperial College London. Along with Dr Benjamin Jones; who is a clinical fellow at Queen Charlotte Hospital as well as the principal investigator for uterine transplants trial UK, they explain the indications and process of uterine transplantation.