Liverpool leads way as IVF centre gets go ahead
(cz) The largest IVF centre in Europe is to be built in Liverpool, after plans for a new specialist unit were given the green light.
Once open, the new Hewitt Centre for Reproductive Medicine will treat more than 2,000 couples each year.
Yesterday , Liverpool City Council planning chiefs passed proposals for the £5m, 1400sq ft extension to the existing centre at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
The work on the hospital’s Crown Street site will transform it into the biggest single provider of IVF treatment in Europe, housing an modern embryology laboratory, sperm bank and egg freezing facility and dedicated recovery services.
An extra 600 treatment cycles will be undertaken a year.
The investment, funded by the Liverpool Women’s Hospital and private practitioners, North West Fertility Ltd, will cement the hospital’s reputation as leaders in reproductive medicine.
Clinical director of the unit, Charles Kingsland, says Liverpool Women’s Hospital will now be recognised as the premier location for IVF technology and treatment. more…
From: »The Liverpool Daily Post«