New interactive tool lists success rate for every Queensland IVF clinic

We reveal Queensland’s most successful clinics for women in three different age brackets – from under 35 up to 42 years of age. SEE HOW EVERY CLINIC RATES

A website designed to give couples greater information over their IVF choices has revealed Queensland’s best and worst clinics.

Queensland’s most successful clinic for women aged under 35 – ranked by the rate of births in the year after an individual treatment – was Coastal IVF Sunshine Coast, with a birthrate of 39.5 per cent, higher than the national rate of 30.9 per cent.

For women aged 35-38, Cairns Fertility Centre was ranked highest at 32.5 per cent, according to the Your IVF Success website, above the national rate of 24.6 per cent.

And for women aged 39-42, Fertility Solutions Bundaberg came out on top at 40 per cent, well above the 14.4 per cent national rate.

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However, the website showed most Queensland clinics returned results below the national average across the three age groups.

But the Australian and New Zealand Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility has warned that the new website would result in “confusion, misinformation and potentially lead to a reduction in access to treatment.”

The new website is funded by the Australian Government. Picture: iStock

The Fertility Society of Australia and New Zealand said in a statement it “cautiously welcomed” the launch of Your IVF Success and hoped it would lead to more informed choices.

“However, it is important to point out that comparisons between units should be treated with a degree of caution because in many circumstances units will be treating different patient populations,” FSANZ president Luk Rombauts said.

“For example, some units may see a higher proportion of older women seeking IVF, whose chances of success are more limited, or women who have previously failed to conceive after IVF and are now seeking a second opinion.”

Paul Stokes, from Coastal IVF, said the website “didn’t tell the full story”.

“We’re proud of our results, but there’s other things we’re more proud of,” Dr Stokes said. “We try very hard not to resort to IVF if we don’t have to.”

The new website will allow couples to compare different clinics. Picture: iStock

Dr Simone Campbell, who has worked in fertility for over 15 years, said she was optimistic about the data becoming public. “I think it’s good for women, but I think they should interpret it in consultation with their physician,” Dr Campbell said.

Chermside mum Alison Skuja, a fertility nurse who had her two kids through IVF, said women needed to be informed. “I had to have three full runs of IVF before I became pregnant,” she said.