Herts and Essex Fertility Centre
Herts and Essex Fertility Centre has been licensed by us since 2010. It is a medium-sized clinic offering all fertility treatments.
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We inspect all clinics against our standards. This clinic's inspection rating is:
All clinics must have a licence to operate. Our inspectors visit the clinic and look at the laboratory and equipment, the clinic’s consent and other procedures and the patient information. We also interview patients for their views. We use the inspector’s assessment to decide how long the licence should be. This determines the rating.
Last inspection: 18 May 2017
Licensed until: 25 November 2018
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Inspection report and minutes- Other
05 September 2017PDF | 460 Kb
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Inspection report and minutes- Interim
24 October 2016PDF | 218 Kb
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Inspection report and minutes- Renewal
15 September 2014PDF | 228 Kb
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Licence Committee minutes- Special Direction for import
19 December 2017PDF | 64 Kb
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Licence Committee minutes- Variation of PR/LH
20 September 2013PDF | 432 Kb
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Inspection report and minutes
21 September 2012PDF | 558 Kb
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Licence Committee minutes- Variation of PR/LH
15 July 2011PDF | 445 Kb
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Inspection report and minutes
20 October 2010PDF | 808 Kb
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Inspection report
11 November 2008PDF | 1142 Kb
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Inspection report
07 January 2008PDF | 126 Kb
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Inspection report and minutes
08 March 2007PDF | 158 Kb
We ask current and former patients to rate the clinic based on their experience. This clinic’s patient rating is:
We collect data about the treatments clinics carry out. See this clinic’s latest statistics below.
Find out this clinic’s IVF/ICSI rates for births per embryo transferred, births per egg collection and multiple births.
Births per embryo transferred
We present births per embryo transferred (rather than births per cycle) because fertility professionals say it’s the best measure of a clinic’s success and it allows you to make a fair comparison between clinics. Remember, it can’t tell you your individual chance of success (only your doctor can do that); but it does give a fair overall view of their performance.
Births per egg collection
This rate shows the chance of success from all the fresh and frozen embryo transfers within two years of one egg collection. Whilst births per embryo gives you an indication of success rates for just one embryo transfer, births per egg collection gives an overall picture of success rates for a full course of treatment (which can include one fresh and a number of frozen transfers).
Multiple birth rates
For some people, having twins may seem like a wonderful thing, but multiple pregnancies are much less safe for both mother and babies. That’s why we’ve set a target for all clinics to have a multiple birth rate of 10% or lower – see how well they’re performing below.
Births per embryo transferred
01/07/2014 to 30/06/2015
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- Clinic's rate
- National rate
- Reliability range
The birth rate is based on
** The number is fewer than 10 so has been removed to avoid the risk of identifying patients.National rate
It may be tempting to obsess over success rates, but the most important thing to focus on is whether the clinic’s results are consistent with the national average. Try not to read anything into differences of few percentage points, as these are often down to chance rather than being a reflection of a clinic’s abilities.
Reliability range
The reliability range shows how confident we are that a clinic will repeat its success rate in the future – the narrower the range, the more confident we can be. Large clinics normally have a narrower reliability range. That’s not because their data is more accurate but because their rate is less likely to be affected by small changes in the number of births in one year. Small clinics aren’t worse but their success rate is more likely to be affected by these kinds of changes.
In this section you can see the pregnancy rate per IUI treatment using partner sperm.
Pregnancies per treatment with partner
01/01/2015 to 31/12/2015
5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 100 |
- Clinic's rate
- National rate
- Reliability range
The birth rate is based on
** The number is fewer than 10 so has been removed to avoid the risk of identifying patients.National rate
It may be tempting to obsess over success rates, but the most important thing to focus on is whether the clinic’s results are consistent with the national average. Try not to read anything into differences of few percentage points, as these are often down to chance rather than being a reflection of a clinic’s abilities.
Reliability range
The reliability range shows how confident we are that a clinic will repeat its success rate in the future – the narrower the range, the more confident we can be. Large clinics normally have a narrower reliability range. That’s not because their data is more accurate but because their rate is less likely to be affected by small changes in the number of births in one year. Small clinics aren’t worse but their success rate is more likely to be affected by these kinds of changes.
In this section you can see the birth rate per donor insemination treatment.
Births per treatment
01/07/2014 to 30/06/2015
5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 100 |
- Clinic's rate
- National rate
- Reliability range
The birth rate is based on
** The number is fewer than 10 so has been removed to avoid the risk of identifying patients.National rate
It may be tempting to obsess over success rates, but the most important thing to focus on is whether the clinic’s results are consistent with the national average. Try not to read anything into differences of few percentage points, as these are often down to chance rather than being a reflection of a clinic’s abilities.
Reliability range
The reliability range shows how confident we are that a clinic will repeat its success rate in the future – the narrower the range, the more confident we can be. Large clinics normally have a narrower reliability range. That’s not because their data is more accurate but because their rate is less likely to be affected by small changes in the number of births in one year. Small clinics aren’t worse but their success rate is more likely to be affected by these kinds of changes.
You can view this clinic's waiting times for treatment with donated eggs, sperm or embryos below. Use the table below to give you an idea of the availability at the clinic. Please contact the clinic for the most up to date information.
Ethnicity | Waiting times |
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White | Immediately available |
Black | 1 - 6 months |
Asian | More than 6 months |
Mixed | 1 - 6 months |
Other ethnic groups | More than 6 months |
Ethnicity | Waiting times |
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White | Immediately available |
Black | Immediately available |
Asian | Immediately available |
Mixed | Immediately available |
Other ethnic groups | Immediately available |
Ethnicity | Waiting times |
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White | Immediately available |
Black | More than 6 months |
Asian | More than 6 months |
Mixed | More than 6 months |
Other ethnic groups | More than 6 months |
Eligibility
- BMI limit
- Patients from abroad Description Information: Treats patients from outside the UK.
- Treats NHS patients Description Information: Treats patients who are NHS-funded.
- Treats private patients Description Information: Treats patients who are self-funded.
- Upper age limit of patients treated
- Upper male age limit
Treatments
- IVF Description Information: A type of fertility treatment where fertilisation takes place outside of the body. It’s suitable for people with a wide range of fertility issues and is one of the most commonly used and successful treatments available. See our Treatments section for more information.
- ICSI Description Information: For around half of couples who are having problems conceiving, the cause of infertility is sperm-related. ICSI is the most common and successful treatment for male infertility. See our Treatments section for more information.
- Insemination Description Information: A type of fertility treatment where sperm are prepared and inseminated into the woman and fertilisation takes place inside her body. See our Treatments section for more information.
- Surgical sperm collection Description Information: Men who have no sperm in their semen can have treatment to collect the sperm surgically. See our Treatments section for more information.
- Fertility preservation Description Information: Freezing of sperm or eggs to use in treatment at a later stage. See our Treatments section for more information.
- IVF for patients with communicable viral infections Description Information: Services for patients with HIV, hepatisis and other infectious diseases.
Donor services
- Egg sharing programme
- Known donor programme
- Recruits egg donors Description Information: This clinic recruits UK egg donors, rather than importing eggs from overseas.
- Recruits sperm donors Description Information: This clinic recruits UK sperm donors, rather than importing sperm from overseas.
- Sperm sharing
Counselling and support
- Compulsory counselling for donors
- Counselling services at clinic Description Information: The clinic has a counsellor onsite.
- Dedicated counsellor
- Number of counselling sessions included Description Information: One or more counselling sessions is included in the price of treatment.
Staffing
- Female doctor available
- Named nurse system
- One physician throughout treatment
Facilities
- Wheelchair access
- Parking
Address
- Bishop's College Churchgate
- Cheshunt
- EN8 9XP
Contact
P: 01992 785060
F: 01992 785 079
E: enquiries@hertsandessexfertility.com
W: www.hertsandessexfertility.com
Licence holder
Mr Michael Ah-Moye
Person responsible
Mr David Ogutu
Opening hours
Monday: 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday: 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday: 08:00 - 21:30
Thursday: 08:00 - 17:00
Friday: 08:00 - 17:00
Saturday: 09:30 - 13:00
Sunday: 09:30 - 13:00
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P: 01223 349 010
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