Edinburgh Fertility Centre - EFC

25/07/2025

Today we are celebrating World Embryology Day and the amazing work carried out by our team of skilled and dedicated Embryologists working within within the Edinburgh Fertility Centre.

22/05/2025

This is a free-to-attend public event in Edinburgh about implications for patients, practitioners and policymakers of health conditions, and aspects of lifestyle, that can affect fertility treatment outcomes.

Speakers include Professor Colin Duncan (Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Science, and Principal Investigator, at the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Reproductive Health), Professor Rebecca Reynolds (Professor of Metabolic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Cardiovascular Science), Dr Antony Nicoll (Senior Medical Officer for Maternal and Women's Health for the Scottish Government), Professor Abha Maheshwari (Lead Clinician at Fertility Scotland) and Professor Niamh Shortt (Professor of Health Geographies at the University of Edinburgh).

Upcoming Wednesday night with PET - LIVE in Edinburgh
Professor Colin Duncan, Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Science, and Principal Investigator, at the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Reproductive Health will be joining other exerts to discuss the implications of health conditions, and aspects of lifestyle, that can affect fertility treatment outcomes.
Professor Duncan is also subspecialist in reproductive medicine and surgery at the Edinburgh Fertility Centre

This event is being produced by the Progress Educational Trust in partnership with the Scottish Government. Everyone is welcome, you can learn more and book your FREE place here: https://www.progress.org.uk/event/lifestyle-obesity-diabetes/

Lifestyle, Obesity, Diabetes: Optimising IVF Outcomes for Patients
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 6.30PM - 8.00PM (BST)
Venue: Upper Hall, The Pleasance, Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh, EH8 9TJ

23/01/2025

Alert - Patients will be called to reschedule or where possible a phone appointment will be offered. Thank you for your patience and stay safe.

⚠️Due to the Red Alert, NHS Lothian has taken the difficult decision to cancel all routine, non-urgent planned procedures and the majority of hospital outpatient appointments tomorrow (24 January 2025).

Emergency and urgent planned procedures and some urgent outpatient appointments will still go ahead and urgent cancer treatment and surgery will be prioritised, as well as renal dialysis and Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT).

Patients do not need to call to check, they will be contacted directly.

ℹ️For more information please check: https://ow.ly/uC1c50ULZYt

31/10/2024

Most people assume that when they are ready to start a family it will happen easily. We are one of 4 major NHS Fertility Centres within Scotland and our service is never quiet. Some people need an egg or s***m donor to have the family they dream of. Could you be that person to make that dream come true?

Apply to become an egg or s***m donor and make a real difference. Visit eggsands***m.scot to find out if you are eligible to donate.