英国剑桥大学波恩诊所（Bourn Hall Clinic） www.bourn-hall-clinic.co.uk
1980年 Patrick Steptoe 和 Robert Edwards 建立世上第一所助孕中心，Bourn Hall Clinic。
Bourn Hall Clinic was founded by the pioneers of IVF, Mr Patrick Steptoe and Professor Robert Edwards, who shared a dream to help couples with difficulties conceiving have a family of their own.
Many of the current staff at Bourn Hall today worked with Steptoe and Edwards in the early days, including two of the senior management team. They sincerely believe that being part of the team that cared enough to be first means they have a deeply felt duty of care to ensure that you receive the honesty, passion and expert teamwork that you deserve by doing their utmost to help make your dreams of a successful outcome come true.
Bourn Hall Clinic in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, England, is one of the world's leading centres for the treatment of infertility in couples. The original building, Bourn Hall, is about 400 years old. Since becoming a medical centre the clinic has seen great expansion.
Bourn Hall Clinic was founded in 1980 by IVF pioneers Mr Patrick Steptoe and Professor Robert Edwards, who had been responsible for the conception of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF or test-tube baby in 1978.
Since its foundation the clinic has assisted in the conception of over 6,000 babies.
Following the death of Patrick Steptoe in 1988 Peter Brinsden was appointed Medical Director in March 1989. The current Medical Director, appointed in 2006, is Dr Thomas Mathews MD FRCOG.
Bourn Hall Clinic is one of five fertility centres selected by the NHS East of England Specialised Commissioning Group to provide treatment to patients in the region. As of 1 May 2009, childless couples in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire will be able to access up to three cycles of IVF, plus a further three frozen embryo transfers.[1][2]
[edit] Controversy
In March 2008 the British press reported the case of a woman who forged her estranged husband's signature on a consent form for IVF treatment at Bourn Hall Clinic to use frozen embryos that the couple had created together. The woman then went on to have two children without her husband's knowledge or consent. Fertility clinics, by law, must obtain written consent from the male in a relationship, but do not require him to attend the clinic in person. The man only found out that he was a father when one of the children became seriously ill and he was contacted by a relative.
The husband has sought legal advice concerning the matter.[3]