Hi lottielondon , I have read only good reports about Scanhealth, and I have researched them quite thoroughly. There is also a forum on fertility friend of people who are being treated by them at the moment.
They have written back to me and attached info. Apologies to those that are not interested as this is about to be quite long, but I am cutting and pasting from the word document they sent me as follows:
Welcome to the IVF unit Scan Health Scandinavia
Hausken IVF provides compassionate, complete care, and offers the latest technologies and methods in top quality facilities. Our team consists of experienced physicians and staff dedicated to providing the individualised treatment we know is necessary to help you to achieve your dream of parenthood.
Hausken IVF is the only private unit at the West Coast of Norway.
We do 400 IVF/ICSI cycles per year.
We offer treatment for patients from UK because of the direct flight connection between Stansted, London and Haugesund airport (Ryan air).
The IVF Clinic is located only 15 minutes drive from the airport.
Scandinavia is known for having one of the best health services in the world.
This is also the case when it comes to infertility treatment. There are almost no waiting lists and most couples are offered 3 treatments (NHS). This is of course one of the reasons why the private IVF centres offer treatments at this low cost. The main reason is however the streamlined workflow in our centre and also the treatment efficiency.
For UK couples the clinic will offer:
IVF treatment £ 1700
IVF treatment with ICSI procedure £ 1800
IVF treatment with PESA/TESE £ 1900
FER, frozen embryo transfer £ 300
Remember:
? Treatments are only available for heterosexual couples that are in a well established relationship, i.e. married or living together as a married couple
? There is an age limit of 44 years (woman)
? We do not offer donor treatment
IVF Hausken is a Government-approved and Certified Norwegian IVF Clinic and it is also approved after the European Directives for assistant reproduction.
MD Jon Hausken has Certificate of Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist Registration for UK.
We offer all couples a free consultation before treatment.
The most important issue is to meet the couple and give them the information needed for a successful treatment. We will make you a protocol for treatment based on the evaluation at this first meeting.
If we need to do a diagnostic sperm cell retrieval (PESA TESA TESE) this will cost 150 £
We do not have any waiting lists.
The couple can decide themselves when they will have the treatment done.
Results:
We do about 400 cycles per year and the over all ongoing pregnancy rate per started cycles is 37, 7 %. But be in mind 40% of our patients are above 38 years old. We are a private clinic. In some clinics that do a lot of NHS patients you will have a higher pregnancy rate, but they have younger patients and also a lot of first attempts.
There will be 2 journeys to Norway:
? The first meeting is really to get to know you and plan the treatment.
Do some tests that are needed before we can start.
After this first meeting you can start when ever you want.
? The treatment.
You will start the medication back home. You will arrive our clinic the 10th day of the FSH stimulation.
We will do the first scan and then we can decide when to do the egg collection.
The embryo transfer will be done 2 days after the egg collection.
Most couples will stay a week during treatment.
Prescriptions:
You will get the prescriptions needed for the treatment at the first meeting.
In Norway the medications are sold by the Government-approved pharmacies.
The price for the medication will be the same in any pharmacy in Norway and the prices are comparable to UK. If you want to buy the medication in UK, this is no problem because MD Jon Hausken has Certificate of Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist Registration for UK.
Ryan Air:
There is a direct flight from Stansted, London to Haugesund airport.
From the airport it is only a 15 minutes drive to the clinic.
For the first meeting you can choose the dates yourself. Just look at the web site and pick some low cost flight tickets.
How to get to the clinic/apartment or Hotel
You can of course take a taxi. It will cost about 20 ? 25 £
The cheapest transport will be the airport bus ( 3 ? 4 £ )
Just tell the driver where you are staying/going and he will let you know when to leave the bus.
If you want to have a car rental, there are several companies present at the airport.
Accommodation:
We have a special agreement with Radisson SAS hotel.
The price will be 695 NOK (about 60 £) for a double room per night.
This will include breakfast and dinner buffet.
You will take the airport bus directly to the hotel. Just tell the driver where you are staying and he will let you know when you are there.
For booking: phone nr 0047 52861000
You have to tell you are treated by our clinic to be sure you will get a room with this special price.
Please phone the clinic when you are at the hotel and we will let you know the time for consultation (next day).
Phone nr 0047 52702170
Apartment in the town centre
If you want to have an apartment we have an agreement with:
Osmund Sørvåg and Lou Ann Eliassen
They can offer 2 nice apartments in the town centre.
O.Sørvåg for only 400 NOK (about 35£) per night.
L.Eliassen for only 500 NOK (about 40£) per night
For booking:
send a mail to [email protected] or phone 0047 97519036
send a mail [email protected] or phone 004792038328
Blood tests:
There are some blood tests you have to take before an attempt.
Female : HIV, Hepatitis B and C, Rubella
Male : HIV, Hepatitis B and C
Could you arrange this by your GP?
If not you will have the blood tests done at the first meeting.
We need the results before we can do the egg collection.
Embryo Transfer:
We are not allowed to replace more then 2 embryos in Norway.
If you are young and the embryo quality is good, we recommend single embryo transfer.
Embryos of good quality that are not replaced will be frozen for later transfers.