FREE FERTILITY SEMINAR – TRINIDAD
Join the region’s foremost fertility expert, Dr. Juliet Skinner and BFC’s team of expert nurses on Thursday 24 November at Cara Suites Hotel from 5.30pm to 9pm.
For the first time, enjoy a free personalised IVF consultation with our nurses one hour before the seminar begins.
If you can’t make that date, don’t worry we are doing it again on Sat 26 Nov at the Hilton Hotel from 9am – 12.30pm. Seating is limited at both events so please make sure you call to register.
Click here to register.
For information call 1-868-222-7771.
Reproduction: An exploratory study of UK residents
who travel abroad for fertility treatment.
Please click here to download the full report.
This recent report showed:
62% of UK patients interviewed looked overseas for egg donation.
34% of UK patients interviewed looked overseas because of difficulty accessing treatment in the UK.
37% of UK patients looked overseas because of failed cycles in the UK.
28% of UK patients interviewed looked overseas for better quality of care.
26% of UK patients interviewed looked overseas for anonymous donation.
A HFEA study in 2010 showed the average age of a UK treatment seeker to be 35 years old – this study showed the average age of treatment seekers abroad was 38, which reflects going through treatment in the UK, failing and then looking overseas. This scenario represented 78% of patients who had had one or more unsuccessful IVF attempts in the UK.
All reasons listed for overseas IVF were:
Shortage of donor gametes in the UK
Long UK waiting times
Cost of treatment
Better success rates overseas
Dissatisfaction with care in the UK
Treatment in a less stressful environment
Age of treatment seeker
Choice of donors overseas
For multiple embryo transfer
Convenience
Age of UK donors
Anonymity of donors in other countries
Overseas clinic reputation
As a ‘last chance’
To try something new
Treatment not available in the UK
It is estimated that 85% of UK IVF cycles are now self funded by the patient.
Read more about couples going overseas for IVF in this article on the Huffington Post.
