Best and worst Queensland IVF clinics revealed for 2024

This is how Queensland’s IVF clinics are performing. See the full list and which clinic has the highest rating.

Exclusive: Women seeking fertility treatment are twice as likely to have a baby if they seek help from the highest performing IVF clinic in Queensland, compared with the lowest performing one.

Queensland Fertility Group Townsville was the top clinic in the state for women under 35, with 64.4 per cent of embryo transfers resulting in a baby, according to the newest figures from the Federal Government’s Your IVF Success website.

The Fertility Centre Springwood had the lowest rate of success with 31.8 per cent.

Monash IVF Bundaberg was the top performer in the state for those aged 35 to 42, with 37 per cent of embryo transfers resulting in a baby, compared with the lowest performer The Fertility Centre Springwood which achieved just 17.9 per cent.

The national average for those under 35 was 48.1 per cent and for those 35 to 42 it was 25.7 per cent.

Independent experts from UNSW looked at five performance measures to determine the figures on the Your IVF Success website.

From those results we produced two league tables of IVF success rates.

The first table shows the number of live births that resulted from the eggs (fresh or frozen) collected from women in 2021 that were fertilised and implanted as embryos in 2021 and 2022.

A second table looks at the number of pregnancies per treatment, using data from 2023.

One in 18 babies in Australia are conceived through IVF and in 2022 there were 100,038 IVF cycles, with 17,963 babies born via the technology.

Dr Frank Quinn, Medical Director, IVFAustralia, said their metro-based clinics have consistently high IVF success rates that sit well above the national average for all age groups.

“It can be difficult to compare individual clinic success rates as the results can be easily skewed if a clinic treats more complex patients or has a higher number of older patients,” Dr Quinn said.

Monash IVF Group Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Deirdre Zander-Fox.

Chief Scientific Officer at Monash IVF Prof Deirdre Zander-Fox said Your IVF Success was a valuable tool for people seeking IVF, and year on year Monash IVF’s results improved.

“We are absolutely committed to getting the best outcomes for our patients by making sure everything we do is perfect,” Prof Zander-Fox said.

“We always look for new technology to help the most complex cases.”

Genea Fertility Specialist Dr Chandrika Parmar.

Genea Fertility Specialist Dr Chandrika Parmar, said key advancements such as state-of-the-art incubators and new technology are ensuring their clinics achieve excellent results.

“As we review opportunities to integrate AI, our focus remains on enhancing both success rates and the overall patient experience,” Dr Parmar said.

The clinics also use time-lapse technology for all embryos, which couples can watch via an app.

Chelsea Allan can thank IVF for her two-year-old daughter Lola as well as her unborn son, already named Hudson, who is due before Christmas.

Ms Allan suffers from “unexplained infertility,” a condition which affects roughly 10 to 20 per cent of infertile couples. Her partner Paul Bugg has children from a previous relationship.

“At the end of 2017 we began trying, but after a good 18 months, unfortunately nothing happened for us,” Ms Allen said.

Chelsea Allan, 35, with husband Paul and daughter Lola, 2. She is due to give birth to Hudson, who has been possible through IVF. Picture: Adam Head

She underwent a number of tests, none of which were able to define the reason behind her infertility.

“We were just left in the dark month after month with really no explanation,” she said.

Ms Allan decided to undergo IVF and chose First Step Fertility Logan, near their home, for its warm atmosphere and affordability. It is not listed on Your IVF Success because it only opened in 2021.

After receiving a Medicare rebate, Ms Allan was only required to pay $1900 out of pocket, which she says was a “substantial saving” compared to the initial quotes from other centres she received.

Ms Allan, who is due to give birth on December 18, said Hudson is “going to complete our family.”

Comment from The Fertility Centre Springwood was being sought.

Originally published as Best and worst Queensland IVF clinics revealed for 2024