CREATE Fertility

HFEA-licensed fertility clinic in London, UK. Below: the UK national success benchmark by age and how UK cost compares with EU donor options.

How to read a UK clinic's success rate

CREATE Fertility in London is licensed and inspected by the HFEA, the UK fertility regulator, which publishes each clinic's verified birth rate on its 'Choose a Fertility Clinic' tool. When comparing clinics, use live birth per embryo transferred for your own age band rather than pregnancy or per-cycle headline numbers, which can overstate the real chance of a baby.

The UK national benchmark (HFEA, own eggs, per embryo transferred) falls from about 35% under 35 to roughly 5% by 43-44, so a clinic's figure should always be read against your age, not as a single number. A higher headline rate can simply reflect a younger or simpler patient mix.

On cost: a private UK cycle is about €6,500, and UK donor eggs run near €11,000 with non-anonymous donors and waiting lists. Donor-egg treatment in the EU (Czechia, Greece, Spain) is €4,600-6,500 at about 48% per transfer at any age — frequently a lower cost per baby for patients over 40.

What the registries actually show

IVF success is driven mainly by maternal age and egg type, not by the country you choose. The public registries put own-egg live birth at roughly:

• United States (CDC ART, 2021): live birth per egg retrieval with own eggs — under 35 49.7%, 35-37 36.3%, 38-40 23.1%, over 40 7.7%.
• United Kingdom (HFEA, 2023): live birth per embryo transferred — ages 18-34 about 35%, 43-44 about 5%; national average about 25%.
• Donor eggs (ESHRE/EIM): about 48% per transfer, broadly independent of the recipient's age — the single biggest lever after 40.