HCA’s Lister Fertility Clinic expands
HCA’s Lister Fertility Clinic has expanded its reach by launching a new fertility centre at The Portland Hospital in central London.
The move comes in response to increased demand for fertility care and treatment.
The clinic, one of the most successful IVF treatment clinics in the UK, has seen more than 20,200 babies born since opening in 1998. It performs around 2,400 fresh cycles of IVF each year.
It said it hoped the new clinic would make it easier for patients living across London and beyond to access world-leading services.
The development enables a continuity of care for patients at HCA’s The Portland Hospital’s offering in maternity, gynaecological and paediatric care.
It will provide the full spectrum of fertility care to patients, with a specific focus on IVF. This will include initial and follow-up fertility and gynaecology consultations, scans, ovulation induction, cycle monitoring, intra-uterine insemination, frozen embryo transfer cycles and blood tests, as well as performing egg retrieval and embryo transfer.
Mr Rehan Salim
At the forefront is Mr Rehan Salim, specialist in reproductive medicine, who joins the team after over 20 years’ NHS experience.
He said: ‘There is a growing demand for fertility services within central London and so the new clinic at The Portland Hospital offers a hugely exciting opportunity to further extend the expertise of Lister Fertility Clinic so that even more patients can benefit from its services.’
Lister Fertility Clinic chief executive Suzy Canham said the centre encompassed every part of the fertility care and treatment process and patients had access to unparalleled IVF expertise.