London Women's Clinic

London Women's Clinic at the Fertility Show 2016

The London Women's Clinic is a private healthcare centre situated in London's Harley Street.[1] Owned by Dr Kamal Ahuja, and founded in 1992,[2] the centre has a reputation for helping single women and lesbian couples conceive[3] with a total of over 85% of patients at its London clinic being in one of these categories.The clinic is closely associated with the London Sperm Bank and the London Egg Bank.[4]

Directors

Dr Kamal Ahuja is the company Director and HFEA Licence Holder for the London Women's Clinic[5] In the 1990s Dr Kamal Ahuja, who was a former research student of IVF physiologist Robert Edwards,[6] pioneered egg sharing at the London Women's Clinic.[7]

Controversies

In 2014 the Clinic admitted that it had failed in its duty of care to a client who was given sperm that was incorrectly screened as 'normal' when it was known to be 'abnormal'. LWC reached an out of Court settlement with the affected family.[8] The clinic, was warned by the HFEA after inspectors found LWC staff failed to carry out "a number of witnessing stages", vital to ensure sperm is screened correctly.[9]

References

  1. ^ Davies, Paul; Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Web team. "FAQs for donors". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. ^ "LONDON WOMEN'S CLINIC LIMITED – Filing history (free information from Companies House)". Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Meet the gayby doc". London Evening Standard. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. ^ "IVF Clinics | Fertility Clinics | The London Women's Clinic London". www.londonwomensclinic.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. ^ Davies, Paul; Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Web team. "FAQs for donors". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. ^ ri256@cam.ac.uk (15 April 2016). "About us – Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 7 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "The fertility experts". London Evening Standard. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  8. ^ "London Women's Clinic Gives Mum Abnormal Donor Sperm In 'Shocking' Label Mix-Up". Irwin Mitchell. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Blunder at top clinic sparks fresh IVF fears". The Independent. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

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