Updated 4 April 2022
Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre provides private fertility treatment for people in central London and the surrounding areas. Most fertility treatments that need to be licensed with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HEFA) do not come within the scope of registration with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). If a service is registered with CQC and licensed with the HFEA, we will only inspect and rate the parts of the service that are within CQC scope. This does not include treatments to assist conception and those that are licensed by the HFEA.
The service is registered with the CQC for the regulated activities of diagnostic screening procedures, surgical procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The treatments that fall within the scope of practice are hysteroscopy, with or without small cyst aspirations. This is a minimal invasive procedure that uses sound waves (ultrasound) to pinpoint a cyst and guide a thin needle into the cyst to remove fluid. A hysteroscopy is a procedure used to examine the inside of the womb (uterus). It is carried out using a hysteroscope, which is a narrow telescope with a light and camera at the end.
The service is located in a three storey Grade I listed building in a residential area. Facilities include a seated reception area, consulting rooms, ultrasound scanning rooms, an operating theatre and recovery area and administration rooms.
The service is open seven days a week and runs a consultant on-call out-of-hours system for patients.
The service is led by the medical and deputy director and registered manager who was the clinic manager. They were supported by a range of clinical staff including consultants, anaesthetists, embryologists, nurses and a healthcare assistant.
The service was last inspected in 2013 and met the standards required. This is the first inspection under our new rating system.