Queens Clinic: Private infertility treatment in Harley Street, London

Queens Clinic is a highly renowned and leading infertility clinic in London. Situated in the centre of London, Queens Clinic continues to maintain the highest level of consultancy and offers the services of senior advisers with the most concurrent and advanced knowledge regarding all subjects within the area of gynaecology.

Gynaecology, obstetric, infertility, and sexual health have been Queens Clinic’s main areas of expertise for many years. They provide services to a variety of clients from every part of the world, some of them travel from elsewhere in the UK but many travel from overseas.

Queens Clinic considers itself an international faculty with extensive knowledge of treating patients with different backgrounds from all over the world. Queens Clinic staff are very friendly and speak  English, Arabic, Russian, French, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and the majority of eastern European languages.

Due to the clinic's central location, Queens Clinic patients benefit from the excellent inner-city infrastructure, allowing them to access to the clinic by car, tube, or bus.

The clinic's interior decor has been designed with maximum care to help patients relax and make them feel at home. The clinic has all major facilities in-house such as ultrasound, hyfrecator, and microscope for immediate microscopy. The clinic undertakes minor gynaecological procedures such as insertions and removal of coils, treatment of cervical erosions, polyp removals, and removal of warts on the premises.

Queens Clinic has laboratory facilities (TDL) which provide immediate results. This enables them to carry out diagnoses and treatment in a very short period of time (sometimes only a few hours) or 48 hours if something needs to be cultured.

Queens Clinic carries out their work in accordance with the policy and procedures which are controlled by the protocol of the National Care Standard for good practice.

Queens Clinic is accredited by all major medical insurance companies in Britain and receives all medically insured patients world wide. Telephone lines are open 24 hours and are answered by qualified medical and paramedical personnel with a full range of knowledge.

Queens Clinic receives regular auditing to ensure standards are met, and their staff attend the majority of relevant conferences in the UK and worldwide. The clinic is medically insured with MPS and has a continuous professional development program.

The clinicians and surgeons at Queens Clinic are all registered with the UK principle registry of the General Medical Council (GMC) and their medical practice is conducted within the GMC code of practice. The clinic's senior surgeons are accredited by major hospitals in London and operate in The Wellington Hospital, which is a top level private hospital in the UK. Operations in The Wellington Hospital are done under general or local anaesthetics. Queens Clinic surgeons also operate in other hospitals around UK, as well as overseas. 

What is infertility?

Infertility is usually defined as not being able to get pregnant despite trying for one year. A broader view of infertility includes not being able to carry a pregnancy to term and have a baby. Infertility affects about 6.1 million Americans, or 10 percent of the reproductive age population, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Pregnancy is the result of a chain of events: A woman must release an egg from one of her ovaries (ovulation). The egg must travel through a fallopian tube toward her uterus (womb). A man's sperm must join with (fertilise) the egg along the way. The fertilised egg must then become attached to the inside of the uterus. While this may seem simple, in fact many things can happen to prevent pregnancy from occurring.

Is infertility a woman's problem?

It is a myth that infertility is always a "woman's problem." About one third of infertility cases are due to problems with the man (male factors) and one third are due to problems with the woman (female factors). Other cases are due to a combination of male and female factors or to unknown causes.

What causes infertility in men?

Infertility in men is often caused by problems with making sperm or getting the sperm to reach the egg. Problems with sperm may exist from birth or develop later in life due to illness or injury. Some men produce no sperm, or produce too few sperm. Lifestyle can influence the number and quality of a man's sperm. Alcohol and drugs can temporarily reduce sperm quality. Environmental toxins, including pesticides and lead, may cause some cases of infertility in men.

What causes infertility in women?

Problems with ovulation account for most infertility in women. Without ovulation, eggs are not available to be fertilised. Signs of problems with ovulation include irregular menstrual periods or no periods. Simple lifestyle factors - including stress, diet, or athletic training - can affect a woman's hormonal imbalance. Much less often, a hormonal imbalance from a serious medical problem such as a pituitary gland tumor can cause ovulation problems.

Ageing is an important factor in female infertility. The ability of a woman's ovaries to produce eggs declines with age, especially after age 35. About one third of couples where the woman is over 35 will have problems with fertility. By the time she reaches menopause, when her monthly periods stop for good, a woman can no longer produce eggs or become pregnant.

Other problems can also lead to infertility in women. If the fallopian tubes are blocked at one or both ends, the egg can't travel through the tubes into the uterus. Blocked tubes may result from pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis, or surgery for an ectopic pregnancy.

How is infertility tested?

If you have been trying to have a baby without success, you may want to seek medical help. If you are over 35, or if you have reason to believe that there may be a fertility problem, you should not wait for one year of trying before seeing a health care provider; a medical evaluation may determine the reasons for a couple's infertility. Usually this process begins with physical exams and the investigation of both partners' medical and sexual histories. If there is no obvious problem, like improperly timed intercourse or absence of ovulation, tests may be needed.

For a man, testing usually begins with tests of his semen to look at the number, shape, and movement of his sperm. Sometimes other kinds of tests, such as hormone tests, are done.

For a woman, the first step in testing is to find out if she is ovulating each month. There are several ways to do this. For example, she can keep track of changes in her morning body temperature and in the texture of her cervical mucus. Another tool is a home ovulation test kit, which can be bought at drug or grocery stores.

Checks of ovulation can also be done in the doctor's office, using blood tests for hormone levels or ultrasound tests of the ovaries. If the woman is ovulating, more tests will need to be done.

Some common female tests include:

• Hysterosalpingogram: An x-ray of the fallopian tubes and uterus after they are injected with dye. It shows if the tubes are open and shows the shape of the uterus.

• Laparoscopy: An exam of the tubes and other female organs for disease. An instrument called a laparoscope is used to see inside the abdomen.

What is the treatment for infertility?

Depending on the test results, different treatments can be suggested. 85 to 90% of infertility cases are treated with drugs or surgery.

Various fertility drugs may be used for women with ovulation problems. It is important to talk with your health care provider about the drug(s) to be used. You should understand the drug's benefits and side effects. Depending on the type of fertility drug and the dosage of the drug used, multiple births (such as twins) can occur in some women.

If needed, surgery can be done to repair damage to a woman's ovaries, fallopian tubes, or uterus. Sometimes a man has an infertility problem that can be corrected by surgery.

Services offered

• Infertility treatment

• IVF treatment

Contact details

Queens Clinic

96 Harley Street
London

W1G 7HY

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