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Assisted conception unit

Meet the team of the assisted conception unit

Helping you to create your family

The assisted conception unit (ACU) at St Helier Hospital prides itself on being a small, enthusiastic and professional team, offering a very personalised and sensitive service to couples who are having problems conceiving.

Located within the women's health building at St Helier Hospital, all the related expert departments are on-hand when needed, including the ante-natal clinic, delivery suites and neonatal unit. It is only the embryology that is handled by another hospital.

Entrance to the women's health building at St Helier

Following a referral from your GP, treatment is available to you in one of two ways: either NHS funded, depending on PCT budgets, or self-funded, where NHS costs are passed on to you at cost by the hospital (non-profit-making). Both options are, of course, subject to the necessary paperwork and tests to confirm the couples' suitability for treatment.

Assisted conception encompasses a wide range of treatments from ovulation induction, timed coitus, Intra-Uterine Insemination (IUI), Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) and In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF).

Read more about the high-quality service we offer, and why our assisted conception unit is one of the most successful in the area:

  • Meet the team Meet the team of our assisted conception unit
  • Transport In Vitro Fertilisation IVF is a highly specialised infertility treatment, requiring frequent hospital visits. Transport IVF has been set up at St Helier Hospital, in association with two other hospitals in central London, to try to reduce the amount of travelling for people in the local area at a time of emotional stress.
  • In Vitro Fertilisation treatment cycle Detailed information about the In Vitro Fertilisation treatment cycle which follows three steps: egg collection, In Vitro Fertilisation and embryo transfer.
  • Ovulation Induction and Intra Uterine Insemination An outline of Ovulation Induction and Intra Uterine Insemination treatments
  • Egg freezing The first baby born in the UK following treatment using a frozen and thawed egg was in 2002. This process is still new and the numbers of cycles performed relatively small. At St Helier we are currently performing egg freezing and storage in partnership with the Bridge Embryologists and frozen eggs are stored in Bridge Cryoservices.
  • The medication To increase the chance of success, and to make management of the treatment cycle easier both for you and the medical team, a combination of drugs will be used.
  • Funding your treatment There are two types of funding available to you: either NHS funding or from your own pocket (self funding).
  • Our partners More information about other ACU departments: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The Bridge Fertility Centre for self-funding patients and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority .
  • What our patients say Amid all the facts and figures, it's worth taking time to read what it's like to go through the IVF treatment programme.
  • Share your experience Please share your experience with other patients and let us know any comments or suggestions you might have.

Key staff

Mrs Carolyn Croucher
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Dr Elizabeth Sherriff
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Miss Christina Ding
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Location

St Helier Hospital, Women's Health building

Opening hours

Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

Clinics: Tuesday morning (alternate weeks) and Thursday morning

Contact details

Fertility Nurses
Tel: 020 8296 2101

Consultants secretaries
Tel: 020 8296 2783/2959

Waiting list enquiries
Tel: 020 8296 3394

Financial enquiries
Tel: 020 8296 3394

More information

Patient information evening

If you are preparing for IVF treatment, please join us for an informal evening, with some brief presentations about your IVF cycle and current research, followed by a general question and answer session.

The next information evening will take place on 7 March 2012, 6pm - 7pm at St Helier Hospital, PGMC, Whitehall Lecture Theatre (1st floor, just above the main reception).

Contact Julie on 020 8296 2783 or Karen on 020 8296 2959 for further details and to reserve places.

Acknowledgements

The Women's Health department would like to thank Fiona Smout, Marketing Consultant and Web Designer, for the content of this section.
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