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WIDER FERTILITY CHOICE FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE RESIDENTS

WIDER FERTILITY CHOICE FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE RESIDENTS

The Gloucestershire NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) has confirmed that patients in need of fertility treatment can now attend Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) for their care.

The addition of the Aztec West-based clinic means that patients from Gloucestershire who are struggling to have a baby and who meet the access based criteria for assisted reproduction treatment, are able to attend BCRM for fertility treatment including IUI and IVF, following assessment in their NHS fertility assessment clinic.

BCRM’s medical director, Dr Amanda Jefferys, said: “BCRM joining the list of fertility service providers for Gloucestershire will offer patients fertility treatment locally with no waiting time, with access to the world-class services at our clinic.

“BCRM is a leading fertility clinic in the South West and Wales with, consistently, some of the highest success rates in the country.

“Importantly, our patients regularly tell us they are highly satisfied with the quality of the care we provide.”

BCRM holds regular free open evenings which include a fertility education presentation, tour of the centre, question and answer session, a free mini consultation for each patient or couple, and the chance to meet staff, including consultant doctors, specialist fertility nurses and embryologists.

Topics covered include an outline of the services BCRM offers and how they can help patients; an outline of the patient journey; IVF, ICSI and IUI treatments; success rates; introduction to donor services; information about the laboratory team and the clinic’s state-of-the-art technology; counselling and treatment support services.

The next open evenings, suitable for all interested parties, are planned for 6 August, 20 August and 3 September, while on 5 November a specialist donor sperm open evening will take place, focusing more closely on the clinic’s donor sperm services. All events run from 6-8pm, with pre-registration required by email to contact@BCRM.clinic or calling 0117 259 1159.

The Gloucestershire NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) has confirmed that patients in need of fertility treatment can now attend Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) for their care. The addition of the Aztec West-based clinic means that patients from Gloucestershire who are struggling to have a baby and who meet the access based criteria for assisted reproduction treatment, are able to attend BCRM for fertility treatment including IUI and IVF, following assessment in their NHS fertility assessment clinic.

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