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A good starting point is to ask your GP about the clinics that are available in your area and whether they can provide a full range of fertility treatments. You will then want to know:

• what types of services the clinics offer

• what types of patients they see (private only or NHS and private?) It’s not unusual for the same clinic to provide NHS and private treatment using the same facilities and laboratories

• if your GP is able to support any treatment you have, particularly if it is being carried out on a private basis, with the costs of drugs or tests

• the success rates of treatments at the clinics

• the location of the clinics and if they have satellite centres

• what their policy is on the number of embryos they transfer

• how often multiple pregnancies occur with each type of treatment

• if they have special features, such as sperm and egg donation programmes or preimplantation genetic diagnosis

• how long you will have to wait before being seen, and then how long it will take for your treatment to be carried out if you go ahead

• your elegibility for treatment. For example, some clinics only treat women under a certain age, even though there is no legal limit on the upper age limit. In addition, clinics can have different policies about treating same sex couples or single women

• if your treatment is being carried out privately, how much it would cost and what is and isn’t included for that price. This can vary considerably from clinic to clinic.