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Our fertility success rates at Lister Fertility Clinic at The Portland Hospital
An inclusive and successful partner for your fertility journey
- Fully personalised care
- Our labs are in-house
- Hospital-linked care from The Portland Hospital
OUR FERTILITY SUCCESS RATES AT HCA UK
Why choose us?
The Lister Fertility Clinic at The Portland Hospital has earned a reputation for excellence since we first opened our doors in May 2022.
You’ll be looked after by a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team led by Medical Director Mr Rehan Salim. Every one of our consultants, embryologists and nurses is GMC-accredited, and they’re all committed to making your fertility journey as positive as possible.
We’re here for you with a comprehensive approach to investigating and treating any fertility issues that arise, alongside access to specialist counselling as an integral part of the service.
Lister Fertility Clinic consistently ranks as one of the leading private fertility treatment centres in the UK. We’re always developing, improving and updating the way we work, so you get the best possible fertility treatment and the personalised care you need.
All in one place
Our main clinic is linked to the HCA UK hospital network, with all tests and procedures carried out onsite
State-of-the-art in-house labs
All necessary tests are expertly processed in our outstanding in-house labs
Exceptional, personalised care
Be looked after in one of the UK’s leading private fertility centres, offering personalised care and a wealth of fertility specialists
Our IVF/ICSI birth rates
To give you a useful overview, we calculate the overall average number of successful births we achieve per embryo transferred for all treatments we carry out across our clinics. That includes everything from fresh cycles to frozen transfers, treatments using donor eggs and treatment using PGT-A. It also includes the subset of fresh stimulated embryos involving the patient’s own eggs.
This measure doesn’t incorporate outcomes for procedures that don’t reach that first embryo transfer stage.
With HCA UK, safety always comes first, so we always communicate this figure as the number of births per embryo transferred. Reporting it this way promotes embryo transfer practices that minimise the chances of twins, which carry additional health risks for the babies and their mother.
Please note that all the statistics shared below relate to treatments carried out from January to December 2022. Lister Fertility Clinic at The Portland only opened in May 2022, which is reflected in these figures.
Excluding donor eggs and PGT-A
Births per embryo transferred
01/01/2023 to 31/12/2023
THE PORTLAND
- Women we treated who were under 38 years old had a 37% success rate, based on a total of 128 embryo transfers.
- Women of 38 years old and above had a 33% success rate, based on 85 embryo transfers.
- That gave us an average 36% success rate, based on a grand total of 216 embryo transfers.
NATIONAL RATE
- Women treated who were under 38 years old had a 34% success rate.
- Women of 38 years old and above had a 16% success rate.
- That was an average 28% national success rate.
Excluding donor eggs, including PGT-A
Births per egg collection
01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022
THE PORTLAND
- Women we treated who were under 38 years old had a 41% success rate, based on a total of 44 egg collections.
- Women we treated of 38 years old and above had a 19% success rate, based on a total of 62 egg collections.
- We had an average 28% success rate across ages groups, based on grand total of 106 egg collections.
NATIONAL RATE
- Women treated who were under 38 years old had a 47% success rate.
- Women of 38 years old and above had 22% success rate.
- That was an average 37% national success rate.
Multiple birth rates
01/01/2023 to 31/12/2023
For some people, being told that you’re having twins may feel like a wonderful thing. While some multiple pregnancies are perfectly safe, they do carry more risks for both mother and babies. That’s why HFEA has set a target for all clinics to have a multiple birth rate of 10% or less. At both the Lister Fertility Clinic and Lister Fertility Clinic at The Portland Hospital we are consistent with national average.
THE PORTLAND
- 0% of women we treated under 38 has a multiple birth, based on a total of 55 births.
- 3% of women we treated of 38 years old and over had a multiple birth, based on a total of 31 births.
- An average of 1% of women across age groups had a multiple birth.
NATIONAL RATE
- 3% of women who had treatment under 38 had a multiple birth.
- 4% of women who had treatment of 38 years old and over had a multiple birth.
- That’s an average of 3% of women nationally having a multiple birth.
Our fertility success rate FAQ
The Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA) now recommends that clinic success rates are predominantly presented as livebirth per embryo transferred (PET). This promotes embryo transfer practices that minimise the chance of twins, which carry health risks for both the babies and their mother. That makes it a fairer assessment of outcomes.
Unfortunately, the unnecessary transfer of multiple embryos still occurs in some places, even though it’s against national guidelines and carries risks. This approach can be used to artificially inflate success rates.
Unfortunately, the unnecessary transfer of multiple embryos still occurs in some places, even though it’s against national guidelines and carries risks. This approach can be used to artificially inflate success rates.
The cost of your treatment will depend on the type of testing you opt for. Please take a look at our latest price list and if you have any questions, feel free to get in touch. We’ll do everything we can to help.
Of course, success rates are important, but they’re just one of a range of factors that you should consider when comparing fertility centres and choosing where to seek treatment. These include the ethos of the clinic, the expertise of the teams, your chemistry with a particular consultant and a clinic’s convenience and proximity to your home. Information on success rates can also be a useful decision tool, but it should always be considered alongside these other factors.
HFEA has a great resource you can use to help you help you look at the success rate data for all the fertility clinics across the UK, so you can consider that alongside other important factors to help you select the best clinic for you. You can access it here.
Because personal chemistry matters, at HCA UK we have a choice of 10 female and male fertility specialists working at the Lister Fertility Clinic and across our satellite branches.
HFEA has a great resource you can use to help you help you look at the success rate data for all the fertility clinics across the UK, so you can consider that alongside other important factors to help you select the best clinic for you. You can access it here.
Because personal chemistry matters, at HCA UK we have a choice of 10 female and male fertility specialists working at the Lister Fertility Clinic and across our satellite branches.
A fertility add-on is an optional extra, such as a reproductive immunology treatment, that you may be offered on top of your normal fertility treatment, often at an additional cost. They typically use emerging techniques, that may have shown some promising results in initial studies but haven’t necessarily been proven to improve pregnancy or birth rates. We offer a number of these at HCA UK.
HFEA is the independent regulator of fertility treatment and research for the UK. It uses a rating system to assess add-on treatments. To see HFEA’s ratings and guidance for add-on treatments, including reproductive immunology, please click here.
Our patients’ stories
How Lister Fertility Clinic helped two fathers-to-be
Paul is sitting in his home in Belfast, with his husband Neil and their beautiful three-month-old son Felix, talking about their journey to fatherhood – a journey that the Lister Fertility Clinic, part of HCA Healthcare UK, accompanied them on.
Clare’s fertility treatment
Clare and her husband Derek thought they might never have children, until joining the egg-sharing programme at the Lister Fertility Clinic.
Alice and Aaron's fertility treatment
After being told they’d never have children, Alice and Aaron turned to the Lister Fertility Clinic. They now have a beautiful two-year-old daughter.
Our locations
A network of fertility care
Lister Fertility Clinic
Chelsea Bridge Road SW1W 8RH London
Lister Fertility Clinic at The Portland Hospital
First Floor 215 Great Portland Street W1W 5PN London
Lister Fertility Clinic at The Beaconsfield Clinic
Little Hall Barn Windsor End, Beaconsfield HP9 2JW Buckinghamshire
Lister Fertility Clinic at The Shard
The Shard Outpatients St Thomas Street SE1 9BS London
Lister Fertility Clinic at Canary Wharf Outpatients
40 Bank Street Canary Wharf E14 5NR London
“My husband and I were delighted that our first round of ICSI IVF was successful, and we now have a 3-week-old baby girl after 5 years of trying to conceive. She was our only embryo available for transfer (none left to freeze). Thank you so much all at Lister. We are now complete.”
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