Where hope begins

Helping you on your journey to parenthood

“After only one attempt and one fertilised egg, we now have a beautiful daughter, the greatest love of our lives.”

You're ready to start a family. But having a baby sometimes requires the help and support of others, including a caring staff of professionals who can help increase your chances of conceiving. When the journey to parenthood becomes difficult, the Cotswold Fertility Unit can help in your next steps.

We are a team of experienced and highly-qualified professionals from the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who aim to provide first class services, advice and support for couples seeking fertility treatment.

We offer a range of services

Initial Fertility Assessment

A one-to-one consultation and assessment if you:

  • are having difficulties to conceiving
  • want to know your fertility when considering delaying starting a family
  • are in a same sex relationship
  • want advice and guidance for egg or sperm donation for single women or women with premature ovarian failure
  • want fertility preservation

Assisted conception treatment

  • Satellite service with our partners for IVF, ICSI etc

We partner with local fertility centres

Located in the Georgian spa town of Cheltenham, our unit works in partnership with fertility centres in Oxford, Bristol and Cardiff to provide you with a care plan tailored to meet your specific needs.

We understand that travelling for fertility treatment can add to the anxiety and stress that you may already be feeling, so our satellite partnerships with can enable most of your treatment to take place here in Gloucestershire.

We offer satellite IVF service for private and NHS patients choosing to have treatment with Oxford Fertility Unit (Oxford).

Patient survey results

Read our latest patient survey results, updated August 2025