Hi @Sunshine180 - I’ve had private and NHS at RFC and private at TFP.
All cycles were pretty much the same in terms of down reg and starting meds aligned to my cycle. I’ve been recently in treatment with TFP so current experience.
For all those coming to this thread generally. In my experience there is little difference when in treatment between RFC and TFP. They are widely experienced NHS consultants in the main. You may not see the same consultant at every point at either clinic. At both clinics I had three different consultants for initial consult, scans and egg collection.
RFC takes longer to book and I was advised by a consultant if paying private go to a private clinic due to wait times and demand.
RFC meds come from the main hospital pharmacy. TFP order from Fertility2U. With both clinics there were issues with my prescriptions which was frustrating.
In treatment you will need minimum two scans, an egg collection and a transfer. That’s four appointments without a specific date so that makes getting to a clinic with a 4 hour round trip a bit tricky with work.
Wherever you go the process can be hard, frustrating and expensive. Timing is often a factor so if you can move fairly quickly. We waited to go on holiday to Mexico, started out treatment and then had to stop everything and rebook after 6 months due to risk of Zika. This wasn’t available on any websites at the time - buried away in the HEFA site. So things happen - plan early.
Reading on here people make it work in all sorts of places - so do seek out boards where people have good experience of that abroad.
Haven’t experienced Ovo so can’t comment.