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Several countries have been operating eSET for quite some time. I have a chart somewhere.
Other countries that have better statistics or better access to IVF? Quite frankly, until the clinics adjust their pricing structures and improve their methods, I'm not happy about the move to eSET. My last IVF I had 8 eggs which enabled me to have 2 embies transferred and none to freeze. Would the clinic have frozen the one embie? What would I do with one embie facing a 60% successful thaw rate? Comparing us to other countries with more successful IVF rates is not helpful of the HFEA. My local NHS clinic has a success rate barely above IUI. I always wanted to argue that for my one NHS go I thought the money better spent at the clinic where I had the best chance.
Also, how about these clinics modifying their working hours like the ARGC and a few others to open 7 days per week in line with women's cycles instead banking more women onto the days convienient to them? If they want to move to eSET then they have to show you have the best chance possible, otherwise, I'd take my money abroad. Not only for the flexibility of how many I can have put back, but also for the simple reason that many of the foreign clinics have better standards.
Some UK clinics are already setting up clinics abroad or developing business relationships... so perhaps there will be a window for some couples to go abroad.
And some managing to charge more for the services people would have paid if they had arranged themselves and then doing deals to close of the clinic to people from the UK.
