Choosing an IVF clinic is not the same as comparing an ordinary private medical service. Success statistics are influenced by patient age, diagnosis, ovarian reserve, treatment type, use of donor eggs, number of embryos transferred and the clinic's acceptance criteria.
A clinic reporting a higher birth rate may treat a different patient population from one accepting more difficult cases. A rate per embryo transferred also excludes cycles that do not reach transfer, while a rate per egg collection answers a different question. Neither figure predicts an individual person's chance of having a baby.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority licenses UK fertility clinics and publishes inspection information, treatments, patient feedback and verified outcome data. Its clinic profiles are the safest starting point for comparison.
The six providers below represent several different approaches to fertility treatment in London. They include package-led IVF clinics, specialist reproductive-genetics services, hospital-linked care, consultant-led satellite services and clinics publishing detailed component pricing.
The most suitable clinic depends on diagnosis, age, ovarian reserve, sperm factors, previous treatment, donor requirements, genetic indications and the level of medical support required. No clinic can guarantee pregnancy, live birth, embryo development or the number of cycles needed.
What distinguishes a responsible IVF clinic?
A responsible clinic should explain the diagnosis, proposed treatment, realistic individual prognosis and alternatives before asking the patient to commit financially. The written estimate should distinguish mandatory treatment from optional add-ons, medication, storage, frozen transfer, donor material and genetic testing.
Patients should verify the exact licensed location on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority register. A consultation office, satellite clinic or brand may not be the site where egg collection, embryology and embryo transfer take place.
Success statistics should be interpreted by age group, treatment type and denominator. A rate per embryo transferred excludes cycles that never reach transfer, while a rate per egg collection answers a different question. Neither predicts an individual outcome.
This is general editorial information rather than medical advice.
How much does IVF cost in London?
A range of £2,750 to £12,500 per cycle is possible, but a headline cycle price rarely represents the complete amount paid.
Current published examples include:
- Concept Fertility: package-based IVF pricing, with medications commonly estimated separately
- IVI London: IVF Fresh package from £3,995 and Freeze All from £4,875
- IVI recommends budgeting an additional £1,000 to £2,000 for investigations, extra blood tests and medication
- CRGH: IVF from £5,790
- Fertility & Gynaecology Academy: itemised treatment pricing with medication commonly ranging from £780 to £2,550
- Lister Fertility Clinic: personalised self-pay quotations and multi-cycle or refund packages through finance partners
- Fertility Plus: fixed-price packages issued according to the proposed treatment
The complete cost can include:
- Initial consultation
- Ultrasound
- AMH and other blood tests
- Semen analysis
- Infection screening
- Medication
- Monitoring scans and blood tests
- Egg collection
- Anaesthesia or sedation
- Laboratory fertilisation
- ICSI
- Blastocyst culture
- Embryo transfer
- Freezing
- Storage
- HFEA fee
- Pregnancy test
- Early pregnancy scan
- Counselling
- Donor sperm or eggs
- Genetic testing
- Frozen embryo transfer
- Additional consultant reviews
- Cancellation fees
Ask for a personalised written estimate showing both mandatory and optional costs.
Understanding HFEA success statistics
The HFEA allows comparison by:
- Age group
- Treatment type
- Births per embryo transferred
- Births per egg collection
- Pregnancy rates
- Multiple birth rate
- Time period
- Own eggs or donor eggs
The HFEA also indicates whether a clinic's result is above, below or consistent with the national average after considering statistical uncertainty.
Small numbers can produce unstable percentages. A clinic may also have no publishable result for a subgroup because too few cycles were completed.
Use statistics to inform questions, not to select a clinic solely from one percentage.
Ask the consultant for an individualised estimate based on:
- Age
- AMH and antral follicle count
- Diagnosis
- Previous pregnancy
- Previous IVF response
- Sperm factors
- Uterine findings
- Embryo history
- Donor or own eggs
Concept Fertility
Editorially SelectedBusiness details
Address
14 Point Pleasant, Wandsworth Park, London SW18 1GG
Phone: 020 3388 3000
Opening: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 8am to 5pm; Wednesday, 8am to 6pm; Saturday, 8am to noon
HFEA status: Licensed since 2015; current inspection score 5/5
Concept Fertility is a useful option for patients who value detailed package information and a south-west London treatment location.
The clinic provides IVF, ICSI, IUI, fertility preservation, donor treatment and other licensed fertility services. Its HFEA profile confirms a 5/5 inspection score and an active licence.
Concept's price pages are more detailed than many competitors. Its IVF information states that Embryoscope time-lapse culture, blastocyst culture, monitoring blood tests, sedation and HFEA fees are included in the relevant package. Medication remains patient-specific and can materially affect the total.
Success claims should be checked against the current HFEA profile, with the age band, period and denominator identified before comparison.
The clinic offers assessment packages and short introductory discussions. Patients should establish whether a brief initial conversation is medical advice or simply an orientation before a paid consultant appointment.
Time-lapse incubation can provide uninterrupted embryo imaging, but it should not be presented as guaranteeing better embryo selection or live birth. Ask what clinical evidence supports its use in the individual case.
Pros
- Active HFEA licence and 5/5 inspection score
- Wandsworth treatment location
- IVF, ICSI, IUI and donor services
- Detailed price pages
- Several laboratory and monitoring items included in relevant packages
- Fertility testing packages published
Best for: South-west London patients wanting an HFEA-licensed clinic with relatively detailed package information.
What to confirm: Request the total estimate including medication, storage, frozen transfer and any treatment added after stimulation begins.
Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health
Editorially SelectedMain London clinic: 230–232 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5QS
City clinic: 16 St John Street, London EC1M 4NT
Phone: 020 7837 2905
HFEA status: CRGH Portland has been licensed since 1992 and currently holds a 5/5 inspection score; CRGH City has a separate HFEA profile
Published IVF price: From £5,790
CRGH is particularly relevant for patients who may require reproductive genetics, donor conception or a broad range of specialist laboratory services.
The clinic offers IVF, ICSI, IUI, fertility preservation, donor treatment, shared motherhood, surrogacy support and licensed embryo testing. Different services and procedures may take place at the Great Portland Street or City location, so the treatment address should be confirmed.
Its current price page lists IVF from £5,790. That headline does not necessarily include medication, genetic testing, donor material, storage or every investigation. A tailored costing is provided according to the proposed treatment.
CRGH publishes detailed success information, but some pages combine procedures or use historic years. The HFEA profile should be used to interpret current verified figures and national comparisons.
Genetic testing is appropriate only in defined circumstances. PGT-M and PGT-SR address particular inherited or structural chromosome conditions. PGT-A screens embryos for chromosome-number differences but is classified by the HFEA as a treatment add-on for many patients and does not guarantee a baby.
Pros
- Long-established HFEA-licensed service
- Current 5/5 inspection score at CRGH Portland
- IVF, donor, surrogacy and shared-motherhood pathways
- Licensed reproductive genetic testing
- Two central London locations
- Published IVF starting price
Best for: Patients requiring genetic testing, donor treatment or a broad central London fertility service.
What to confirm: Ask which tests are medically indicated, which are optional and how the total changes if embryos are frozen rather than transferred fresh.
IVI London
Editorially SelectedBusiness details
Address
83 Wimpole Street, London W1G 9RQ
Phone: 0800 520 0161
Opening: Monday to Friday, generally 8am to 5pm; treatment-related weekend appointments are arranged where required
HFEA status: Licensed since 2016; current inspection score 5/5
Published package prices:
- IVF Fresh: £3,995
- IVF Freeze All: £4,875
- IVF Freeze All with PGT: £6,540
- Multi-Cycle IVF PGT Plus: £15,995
IVI London provides a broad central London fertility service with a particularly clear package menu.
Its treatments include IVF, ICSI, IUI, fertility preservation, donor conception and embryo testing. The clinic's HFEA profile confirms a 5/5 inspection score and an active Wimpole Street licence.
The package prices are base-cycle figures. IVI advises patients to budget approximately £1,000 to £2,000 for investigations, additional blood tests and medication. That qualification is essential when comparing IVI's £3,995 headline with a clinic that bundles more elements.
IVI publishes historic success information, while the HFEA provides the current comparison framework. Any percentage should be read with its patient group, treatment type, denominator and data year.
The clinic offers time-lapse imaging, donor matching and genetic testing. These services should be considered according to diagnosis, evidence, cost and HFEA add-on information.
Pros
- HFEA-licensed with 5/5 inspection score
- Clear package price menu
- IVF, ICSI, donor and genetic services
- Central Wimpole Street location
- Multi-cycle options
- Female doctors and a named-nurse system listed by HFEA
Best for: Patients wanting a central clinic with clearly differentiated fresh, freeze-all and multi-cycle packages.
What to confirm: Ask why fresh transfer, freeze-all or genetic testing is being recommended and request the full projected cost rather than only the package fee.
The Lister Fertility Clinic
Editorially SelectedMain clinic: The Lister Hospital, Chelsea Bridge Road, London SW1W 8RH
Additional London service: The Portland Hospital and satellite consultation locations
Phone: 020 7881 2000
HFEA status: The main Lister clinic has been licensed since 1992 and holds a 5/5 inspection score; the Portland service also has a separate HFEA licence and 5/5 score
The Lister Fertility Clinic is a major hospital-linked option in this selection.
It provides IVF, ICSI, IUI, egg and embryo freezing, donor treatment, egg sharing, reproductive surgery and services for patients with low ovarian reserve. Procedures may take place at the Chelsea hospital or The Portland Hospital according to the treatment pathway.
The hospital connection can be useful where fertility treatment overlaps with gynaecology, surgery or other medical needs. It does not automatically make treatment more suitable or successful for every patient.
Lister's website provides access to self-pay price lists and personalised quotations rather than one simple universal IVF figure. It also works with external partners offering multi-cycle and refund programmes.
Refund and multi-cycle plans can improve cost certainty but have eligibility rules, exclusions and different refund conditions. Patients should compare the plan with ordinary pay-as-you-go treatment and understand what happens if treatment is cancelled for medical reasons.
The HFEA states that success data cannot predict an individual outcome. Lister's public success pages should be read together with its HFEA statistics and the exact treatment location.
Pros
- Long-established HFEA-licensed clinic
- 5/5 inspection score
- Hospital-linked fertility and gynaecology care
- Donor, egg-sharing and low-ovarian-reserve services
- Several London access points
- Multi-cycle and refund plan options
Best for: Patients wanting a large hospital-linked fertility service or treatment involving wider gynaecological care.
What to confirm: Ask which HFEA-licensed site will provide the laboratory and procedure stages and obtain the complete self-pay and package alternatives.
Fertility Plus
Editorially SelectedConsultation address: 112 Harley Street, London W1G 7JQ
Phone: 0800 022 6038
HFEA relationship: Fertility Plus is listed on the HFEA profile as a satellite service associated with Care Fertility London; confirm the licensed clinic performing procedures
Fertility Plus offers consultant-led fertility assessment and treatment planning from Harley Street, with an emphasis on seeing the same specialist throughout the pathway.
The service promotes fixed-price treatment packages and one-to-one consultant care. The current official fee page does not expose enough structured detail in search results to verify the old article's £7,750 universal IVF figure, so that amount has not been repeated.
Fertility Plus appears in HFEA information as a satellite linked to Care Fertility London. That means patients should ask where egg collection, embryology and transfer will take place, which licensed clinic owns the treatment record and which success statistics apply.
Consultant continuity can be valuable, but laboratories, nurses, embryologists and out-of-hours teams remain important parts of an IVF cycle.
Pros
- Harley Street consultations
- Consultant-led care model
- Fixed-price packages promoted
- Fertility assessment and IVF planning
- Central location
- Associated with an established HFEA-licensed treatment network
Best for: Patients prioritising consultant continuity and willing to clarify where licensed procedures and laboratory work occur.
What to confirm: Ask for the legal provider, licensed treatment location, laboratory, full fixed-price inclusions and which HFEA profile covers the cycle.
The Fertility & Gynaecology Academy
Editorially SelectedLicensed clinic: 57A Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YP
Phone: 020 7224 1880
Opening: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm; Saturday, 9am to 1pm
HFEA status: Licensed since 2015; current inspection score 5/5
The Fertility & Gynaecology Academy provides IVF and wider fertility care from Wimpole Street, with additional consultations and monitoring available through its Canary Wharf service.
The clinic offers IVF, ICSI, IUI, fertility preservation, donor services and selected genetic testing. Its HFEA profile confirms a 5/5 inspection score.
The HFEA inspection score relates to regulatory standards rather than serving as a league-table judgement of clinical success.
Reproductive immunology is an area where evidence for some tests and treatments remains uncertain. The HFEA classifies several immune-related treatments as add-ons and provides evidence ratings. Patients should ask whether an intervention is part of standard care, research or an optional add-on and what evidence supports it.
The clinic publishes detailed component pricing. Its current example IVF journey totals approximately £5,695 to £7,465 after blood tests, blastocyst culture, medication, pregnancy testing and the HFEA fee are included.
Pros
- HFEA-licensed with 5/5 inspection score
- Central Wimpole Street treatment location
- IVF, ICSI, IUI and fertility preservation
- Itemised price information
- Counselling availability
- Canary Wharf assessment access
Best for: Patients considering complex fertility assessment who want an itemised fee structure and are prepared to scrutinise optional add-ons.
What to confirm: Ask for the HFEA evidence rating for every proposed add-on and a complete written estimate through embryo transfer and storage.
Quick comparison
| Clinic | HFEA signal | Published price signal | Main strength | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concept Fertility | Licensed; 5/5 inspection | Package-based, medication separate | Detailed inclusions | South-west London |
| CRGH | Long-established; 5/5 at Portland | IVF from £5,790 | Genetics and donor pathways | Complex or genetic treatment |
| IVI London | Licensed; 5/5 inspection | IVF Fresh £3,995 | Clear package menu | Central package comparison |
| Lister Fertility | Long-established; 5/5 inspection | Personal quotation | Hospital-linked service | Broader medical needs |
| Fertility Plus | Satellite relationship to verify | Fixed packages by quotation | Consultant continuity | Harley Street consultation |
| Fertility & Gynaecology Academy | Licensed; 5/5 inspection | Itemised pricing | Complex assessment | Add-on scrutiny and Wimpole care |
Comparing IVF quotations properly
Two quotations are comparable only when they cover the same treatment stages and exclusions. A low cycle fee may omit medication, blastocyst culture, ICSI, storage, frozen transfer or required investigations.
Ask each clinic to show:
- Initial consultation
- Ultrasound
- AMH and blood tests
- Semen analysis
- Infection screening
- Medication range
- Monitoring
- Egg collection
- Sedation or anaesthesia
- IVF or ICSI
- Blastocyst culture
- Embryo transfer
- Freezing
- Storage
- HFEA fee
- Pregnancy test
- Early scan
- Counselling
- Donor material
- Genetic testing
- Frozen embryo transfer
- Cancellation charges
The estimate should identify which items are mandatory, optional or triggered only by the response to treatment.
Licensed clinic, satellite and consultation office
A fertility brand may operate through several locations. Some offices provide consultation, scanning or blood tests, while the HFEA-licensed centre performs egg collection, laboratory work and embryo transfer.
Before treatment, confirm:
- Legal provider
- HFEA licence holder
- Egg-collection site
- Embryology laboratory
- Embryo-transfer site
- Storage location
- Emergency contact
- Which clinic's success data applies
- Who holds the treatment record
- Who handles complaints
This is particularly important for Fertility Plus, CRGH's separate locations and Lister's hospital services.
Which clinic suits which situation?
For reproductive genetic testing
CRGH has the clearest specialist genetic-health positioning. IVI, Lister, Concept and the Fertility & Gynaecology Academy also offer licensed testing routes according to indication.
For clear headline package pricing
IVI publishes the most accessible package menu. Concept provides useful detail about included laboratory and monitoring services.
For hospital-linked care
Lister is the strongest option where fertility treatment overlaps with gynaecology or other hospital services.
For south-west London
Concept provides an HFEA-licensed Wandsworth location.
For consultant continuity
Fertility Plus places particular emphasis on one-to-one consultant care, but the licensed treatment centre and wider team should still be checked.
For complex or immune-related discussions
The Fertility & Gynaecology Academy offers these consultations, but patients should review HFEA evidence ratings before agreeing to optional interventions.
The first consultation and individual prognosis
A useful first consultation should review:
- Age and reproductive history
- Duration of infertility
- Ovarian reserve
- Semen results
- Previous treatment
- Tubal and uterine factors
- Endometriosis
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Genetic history
- Medical conditions
- Medication
- Donor requirements
- Family-building goals
Ask the clinician to explain the likely chance of live birth per cycle started, not only per embryo transferred, and how uncertainty affects the estimate.
A clinic should be willing to explain when IVF is not yet indicated or when donor treatment, surgery, IUI or expectant management may be more appropriate.
IVF add-ons
The HFEA publishes evidence ratings for treatment add-ons.
Examples can include:
- Time-lapse imaging
- PGT-A
- Endometrial receptivity testing
- Assisted hatching
- Embryo glue
- Immune treatments
- Intrauterine hCG
- Elective freeze-all
- Endometrial scratching
An add-on may be appropriate for a particular clinical reason even where it has not been shown to improve live birth for most patients. The clinic should explain:
- Intended purpose
- Evidence
- HFEA rating
- Risks
- Cost
- Alternatives
- Whether it is optional
- Why it is recommended in this case
Do not assume that more technology means better treatment.
Optional interventions should appear separately on the consent form and invoice so that patients can decline them without confusion about the core treatment.
Medication
Stimulation medication is one of the largest variable costs.
The dose depends on:
- Age
- Ovarian reserve
- Weight
- Previous response
- Protocol
- Risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
- Clinical objectives
Ask for a likely range and what happens to unused medication.
Never change the dose or timing without instructions from the clinical team.
Ask who provides out-of-hours advice, how replacement medication is obtained and what happens if a dose is missed or a pen malfunctions.
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
OHSS is a potential complication of ovarian stimulation. Symptoms can include abdominal swelling, pain, nausea, reduced urine, breathing difficulty and rapid weight gain.
The clinic should explain:
- Individual risk
- Monitoring
- Trigger medication
- Freeze-all strategy
- Emergency contact
- When to attend hospital
Severe or rapidly worsening symptoms require urgent medical assessment.
The written plan should explain the clinic's emergency route outside normal hours and which hospital should be contacted if urgent review is needed.
Donor treatment
Donor sperm, donor eggs and embryos involve medical, legal and emotional considerations.
UK treatment through an HFEA-licensed clinic gives donor-conceived people rights to identifying information about the donor when they reach the relevant age under the law.
Ask about:
- Waiting time
- Donor screening
- Donor information
- Family limits
- Counselling
- Storage
- Importing gametes
- Legal parenthood
- Future contact rights
- Donor cost
- Replacement policy
Known-donor and overseas arrangements require specific legal advice where necessary.
Ask whether donor availability, matching and transport are included in the quoted timetable. Waiting time can materially affect the start date.
Surrogacy pathways
Surrogacy involves fertility treatment, consent, legal parenthood and arrangements that extend beyond the clinic.
Ask the clinic:
- Which licensed treatment route applies
- What counselling is required
- Which legal-parenthood forms are needed
- Whether donor gametes are involved
- What screening is completed
- How embryos are stored
- Whether independent legal advice is recommended
- What happens if circumstances change before transfer
The clinic should not present medical treatment as resolving every legal issue in a surrogacy arrangement.
Same-sex couples and solo parents
A clinic should explain treatment routes without assuming heterosexual partnership.
Options may include:
- Donor insemination
- IVF with donor sperm
- Shared motherhood
- Donor eggs
- Surrogacy pathways
Consent and legal parenthood forms must be completed correctly before treatment. Ask the clinic to explain the relevant documentation and whether separate legal advice is recommended.
Counselling
Licensed clinics must make counselling available in connection with treatment.
Counselling can help with:
- Treatment stress
- Donor conception
- Pregnancy loss
- Unsuccessful cycles
- Relationship strain
- Ending treatment
- Embryo decisions
- Surrogacy
- Disclosure to children
Ask how many sessions are included, whether the counsellor is independent, how quickly appointments are available and what information may be shared with the clinical team.
Frozen embryo storage
The contract should explain:
- Annual fee
- Consent period
- Contact requirements
- Renewal
- Non-payment
- Disposal
- Export
- Transfer to another clinic
- Separation or death
- Extension criteria
Keep contact details and consent instructions updated. Storage cannot continue indefinitely without valid consent.
Ask how consent can be varied or withdrawn and what happens after separation, loss of capacity or death.
NHS-funded IVF
NHS access depends on local eligibility and commissioning arrangements.
Criteria can include:
- Age
- Previous children
- BMI
- Smoking
- Relationship status
- Previous private cycles
- Duration of infertility
- Local residency
NICE recommendations do not automatically mean that every local NHS body funds the same number of cycles.
Ask the GP or local integrated care board for the current written policy before paying privately.
Starting private treatment can affect eligibility under some local policies, so check this before beginning a self-funded cycle.
Laboratory, embryo development and communication
Ask how the clinic reports fertilisation and embryo development and who explains unexpected results.
Useful questions include:
- Conventional IVF or ICSI
- Fertilisation check
- Culture duration
- Embryo grading
- Time-lapse use
- Criteria for freezing
- Day of transfer
- Number of embryos
- Laboratory closure arrangements
- Contact after failed fertilisation
- Access to embryology records
Embryo grades describe appearance and development at a point in time; they do not guarantee implantation or a healthy baby.
Questions to ask at the first consultation
- What is the diagnosis?
- What is my individual chance of live birth?
- Which HFEA statistic is most relevant?
- Why is IVF recommended?
- Is IUI or expectant management reasonable?
- What protocol is proposed?
- What medication range should I budget for?
- Which add-ons are proposed?
- What is each add-on's HFEA rating?
- What is included in the quote?
- What happens if the cycle is cancelled?
- Who provides weekend care?
- Which licensed site performs egg collection and embryology?
- How many embryos do you recommend transferring?
- What is the multiple-birth policy?
- What counselling is included?
- What does storage cost?
- What happens after an unsuccessful cycle?
Single embryo transfer
Transferring more than one embryo can increase the chance of twins or higher-order multiple pregnancy, which raises risks for the pregnant person and babies.
The HFEA monitors multiple birth rates and encourages single embryo transfer where clinically appropriate.
Ask the clinic to explain:
- Embryo quality
- Age
- Previous cycles
- Twin risk
- Frozen embryo options
- Why one or more embryos are recommended
More embryos transferred does not necessarily mean a safer or better chance of taking home a healthy baby.
The patient should receive an explanation of cumulative live-birth prospects using frozen embryos as well as the immediate fresh-transfer decision.
Cancellation and poor response
A cycle may be cancelled because:
- Too few follicles develop
- Excessive response creates risk
- Hormone results are unsuitable
- Ovulation occurs early
- No eggs are collected
- Fertilisation does not occur
- No embryo is suitable for transfer
- Medical concerns arise
The agreement should state which fees are retained, refunded or credited after each stage.
Ask for the cancellation schedule before paying.
The clinic should state what happens financially if there is no egg collection, no fertilisation, no embryo suitable for transfer or a medically advised freeze-all.
Multi-cycle and refund programmes
These programmes can provide cost certainty but require careful comparison.
Check:
- Medical eligibility
- Age restrictions
- AMH requirements
- Number of cycles
- Frozen transfers
- Medication
- Donor treatment
- Refund percentage
- Definition of success
- Withdrawal rules
- Cancellation
- Finance provider
- Credit terms
A refund programme is a financial product, not a clinical guarantee.
Read the definition of success carefully. Some programmes define success by live birth, while others use different milestones or exclusions.
Records, complaints and changing clinic
Keep copies of:
- Treatment plan
- Consent forms
- Medication protocol
- Scan and blood results
- Semen analysis
- Embryology report
- Invoices
- Storage agreements
- HFEA forms
- Correspondence
Ask about transfer fees, transport of embryos or gametes and how long the clinic needs to release records.
Complaints should be raised through the clinic's procedure first. Concerns about licensed treatment or compliance can also be considered through the HFEA's published routes where appropriate.
Common mistakes to avoid
Selecting by one success percentage
Age groups, denominators and patient populations differ.
Comparing only the base cycle price
Medication, testing and frozen transfer can add thousands.
Assuming every add-on improves live birth
Check the HFEA evidence rating.
Confusing an assessment office with the licensed clinic
Verify where egg collection and laboratory work take place.
Transferring multiple embryos without understanding risk
Discuss single embryo transfer.
Paying before reading cancellation terms
The refund can depend on the stage reached.
Assuming a 5/5 inspection score predicts pregnancy
It relates to regulatory compliance, not individual success.
Frequently asked questions
Does a higher clinic success rate mean I am more likely to have a baby there?
Not necessarily. Patient populations and treatment types differ.
Is ICSI better than conventional IVF?
ICSI is useful for defined fertilisation problems but is not automatically better for every patient.
Does PGT-A guarantee a healthy baby?
No. It is a screening test and has limitations.
How many IVF cycles are usually needed?
This varies widely. Some patients succeed after one cycle; others require several or do not achieve a live birth.
Can a clinic refuse treatment because of age or BMI?
Clinics set treatment policies based on safety, evidence and resources. Ask for the written policy and clinical explanation.
Is counselling mandatory?
Clinics must offer access to counselling, while specific donor and legal pathways may require additional implications counselling.
Choosing with confidence
The most suitable IVF clinic is the one that explains the diagnosis, gives a realistic individual prognosis and separates core treatment from optional add-ons.
Concept provides detailed package inclusions in Wandsworth, CRGH offers genetics and donor pathways, IVI publishes a clear central London package menu, Lister provides hospital-linked fertility care, Fertility Plus emphasises consultant continuity, and the Fertility & Gynaecology Academy publishes detailed component pricing.
Check the HFEA profile, licensed location and complete estimated cost before starting. Success statistics should support a clinical conversation rather than replace one.
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