Treatment Assessment
To plan treatment effectively, MFS will need to perform ‘baseline tests’ on both partners who may undergo treatment. This section outlines:
- the treatment assessment - otherwise known as baseline tests
- the follow-up appointment
- the treatment planning appointment
- the follow-up appointment and screening after a break from treatment
The treatment assessment will usually be scheduled within 14 days of the patient’s initial consultation, usually on day two to five of the woman’s cycle where day one is the first day of her period. Both partners receiving treatment must attend the treatment assessment, even if the tests duplicate others they may have already had elsewhere, including:
- taking blood:
- from the female partner for baseline hormone tests (FSH and LH) and possibly for an ovarian reserve test with AMH
- from both the male and female partners for routine infection screening including HIV and hepatitis B and hepatitis C, unless a copy of the from an accredited lab is available and is no more than 12 months old at the time of completion of treatment at MFS
- a vaginal ultrasound scan of the female partner
- the male partner will provide a semen sample for analysis
Follow-up appointment
Usually about two weeks after the baseline tests/treatment assessment, the results will be available at a follow-up appointment, where the MFS nurse or doctor will be able to advise on the most appropriate treatment for each patient. The options may be discussed in full, including any risks and also the success rates. At this visit, treatment may be planned immediately or the clinical team may advise that counselling or further advanced tests or investigations are needed. Patients may also wish to consider the results and recommendations of the follow-up appointment and choose contact MFS again if they would like to go ahead with treatment at another time.
Costs
Cost of treatment assessment at MFS, if paid in advance with fee for initial consultation: £205
Cost of treatment assessment at MFS if paid at initial consultation appointment: £170
Follow-up consultation and repeat screening
If a patient has a break between treatments at MFS, a chargeable follow-up consultation and repeat screening, similar to the initial consultation and treatment assessment, will be required.
Costs
Cost of follow-up consultation at MFS: £145
Cost of repeat screening (female) at MFS: £105
Cost of repeat screening (male) at MFS: £80