£5m boost will make city IVF centre best in Europe
(sz) A £5m INVESTMENT will transform Liverpool Women’s hospital into one of Europe’s biggest IVF centres. The hospital’s Hewitt Centre already has the biggest IVF unit in the country.
The expansion will enable experts to treat even more women desperate to have children.
The money will be spent on building a new two-storey extension reinforcing the hospital’s position at the forefront of fertility care.
The move follows a growing demand for the centre’s services because of an increase in infertility and more people being referred.
The extension is being funded by NHS cash and patients paying for their own treatment. The unit will continue to see both private and NHS patients.
The centre not only offers IVF but other fertility treatments as well. It currently sees 1,500 couples a year but this is set to double.
Charles Kingsland, clinical director of the unit and chairman of North West Fertility Ltd (the private-branch of the facility), said: “This will ensure that we are at the forefront of future developments in assisted conception. more…
From: »The Liverpool Echo«