Fertility Services

Description

The Assisted Conception Service will provide:
• Specialist Fertility Services to patients fulfilling the 
eligibility criteria, including: 
• A full In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) cycle*,
• A full Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) cycle*
• Intra Uterine Insemination (IUI) stimulated and 
unstimulated depending on circumstances
• The storage of gametes (oocytes and sperm) including 
those harvested prior to treatment for cancer or other 
treatments which may make a patient permanently infertile
• The storage of embryos
• Use of donor gametes such as egg or sperm where 
appropriate. Donor oocyte (egg) treatment will be subject 
to different waiting time criteria due to the recognised 
shortage of donors
• Diagnostic Semen Analysis Service
* A full IVF / ICSI treatment cycle includes:
• Appropriate diagnostic tests, scans and pharmacological 
therapy
• Counselling for couples
• Stimulation of prospective mother's ovaries to produce 
oocytes
• Harvesting of the oocytes
• Fertilisation using IVF or ICSI (assisted hatching is not 
provided)
• A fresh embryo transfer (maximum 2 embryos transferred)
• Cryopreservation of all suitable remaining embryos in line 
with commissioning polices
• If unsuccessful, within twelve months of cryopreservation, 
a frozen embryo transfer from remaining frozen embryos 
(maximum of 2 embryos transferred)
• A follow up consultation / pregnancy scan with fertility 
services post IVF treatment