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Latest News
Launch of our Newest IVF Clinic in Norwich
June 18, 2013
Norfolk families celebrate official opening of state-of-the-art IVF clinic ‘Do you have a belly button’ was just one of the odd questions Sarah Dower was asked...
Bourn Hall launches Fertility Awareness Campaign in Peterborough
June 3, 2013
Even though it is nearly 35 years since the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first 'test tube baby', there remains a certain amount of...
Bourn Hall pioneers Early Embryo Viability Assessment Test (Eeva)
May 7, 2013
Embryo's crucial first hours captured for first time Bourn Hall Clinic will be the first fertility centre in the East of England to use a new...
Call The MidwifeTo Bourn Hall Clinic
April 29, 2013
24th May 2013 workshop at Bourn Hall Clinic Cambridge For women that have had difficulty conceiving, extra reassurances during pregnancy can help them to relax and enjoy...
Sad Loss of Professor Sir Robert Edwards
April 10, 2013
It is with deep sadness that the Edwards family announced that Professor Sir Robert Edwards, Nobel prizewinner, scientist and co-pioneer of IVF, passed away peacefully...
Bourn Hall Launches Fertility MOT Service
April 10, 2013
Most of the patients we see at Bourn Hall Clinic did not realise they had a problem with their fertility until they had been trying...
Latest News from our Blog – Good results for ICSI with SpermSlow Research
February 4, 2013
The Cambridge Bourn Hall embryology team has been evaluating the use of a new sperm selection medium called SpermSlow™ to see if it has benefits...
Our new baby in Wickford – Bourn Hall satellite clinic now open
January 27, 2013
Bourn Hall IVF Clinic now open in Wickford, Essex The world famous Bourn Hall Clinic is opening a new fertility service in Wickford, which will enable NHS...
Archive News
2012
- 05 December - Baby Kodie is one in a Thousand Says Bourn Hall Clinic
- 19 October - Bourn Hall Clinic announces new plans for Norfolk
- 19 October - Baby Breagha ‘brightens every single day’ says mum
- 24 July - Professor Edwards ‘New Elizabethan’ and his Living Legacy
- 30 April - Where do Two Million Eggs Go?
- 24 April - Bourn Hall Supports Orchid, Male Cancer Charity
- 22 February - Bourn Hall Clinic Adds New Dimension to Baby Scan Services
2011
- 08 December - Bourn Hall to Host New Support Group
- 05 December - Bourn Hall Welcomes Egg and Sperm Donor Discussion
- 29 November - IVF Success Rates Now Higher Than Nature
- 30 September - Excellent NHS IVF Success Rates
- 22 September - Bourn Hall Runners Raise Funds for Rosie
- 23 August - Infertility is a Health Issue Warns New Bourn Hall Medic
- 23 August - Bourn Hall International Opens First Overseas Clinic
- 04 August - Queen’s Honour for Bringing Joy to Millions
- 15 June - Bourn Hall Baby Makes Mother’s Day
- 15 June - Bourn Hall Doctor Takes on the Great Wall
- 01 April - ‘Bang Goes The Theory’ Explains the Science of IVF
2010
- 20 October - Louise Brown’s Generation Celebrate ‘Father of IVF’
- 06 October - Professor Robert Edwards Awarded Nobel Prize
- 21 April - Bourn Unwraps its Colchester Clinic
2009
- 04 November - Bourn Hall Announces its New Baby
- 07 October - Norfolk First With IVF Outreach Centres
- 01 August - Britons are Youngest Rowers to Cross Indian Ocean
- 01 June - Bourn Hall Reports Excellent Response to IVF Funding Initiative
- 27 April - Bourn Hall Applauds IVF Funding Announcement
- 15 April - Bring Hope to a Childless Couple This Easter
- 01 April - Journey Through the Fabric of Life
2008
- 01 December - Will World’s First Frozen Baby be First in Oz-to-Africa Rowing Race
- 02 October - Prof Edwards, Co-Founder of Bourn Hall Clinic, is ‘Pride of Britain’
- 15 July - Founders Day: 30 Years of IVF
- 21 May - Your Mum, Not IVF, Determines Age of Menopause
2007
- 27 June - Bourn Hall Clinic Thrilled By Response of Local Women to Egg Appeal
- 27 June - Bourn Hall Goes Home and Away to Cut IVF Waiting Times
- 27 June - Easter Egg Sharing to Give Couples Hope of New Life
- 21 June - Record IVF Success for NHS Funded Patients
- 21 June - Bourn Hall Advises Patients: Keep Cool This Summer
2006
- 06 September - Bourn Hall Management Team Secures Buy-Out From Serono
- 06 September - Best Ever Take-Home-Baby Rates and a Renewed Focus
- 23 April - Bourn Hall Launches Easter Dozen Appeal
- 11 April - Easter Dozen Appeal With World’s First Interactive Poster
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"And here she is ...the lovely Louise"Public announcement of the birth of the first IVF baby, Daily Mail 27th July 1978
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