The science behind Gisello's patient-centric approach
We built Gisello on three kinds of evidence: what patients told us, what the Gisello Scientific Board knows from the clinic, and what published research shows.
PatientsScientific BoardResearch
Patients
What our patients in the UK tell us
They carry the whole journey alone
Nearly 170 women in the UK who had looked into or had fertility treatment told us what it really takes.
61.5%
spent 26 hours or more organising their treatment
87.0%
at least partly fund their treatment themselves
75.7%
paid out of pocket for support around the treatment
57%
looked abroad because of cost; 47% because of NHS waits
Patients
The same documents, sent again and again
That is why your records live in one private vault, and why no clinic sees anything until you say yes.
62.1%
sent records to two or more organisations
59.1%
sent the same documents twice or more
47.0%
changed what they did because of privacy
Scientific Board
The Gisello Scientific Board
Built with experts, from the clinic side
The Gisello Scientific Board builds the fertility journey with us: which medical records we ask for, which blood tests your case needs, and what a clinic must show before it can be matched to you. More on the board soon.
01The board oversees which clinics we select, and audits them
02Our matching technology is developed with the Gisello Scientific Board
03A doctor signs off every match before you see it
Four worries, and what we do about each
Research
What published research shows
Primary sources only: regulators, national registries and peer-reviewed journals.
Only 27% of UK IVF cycles are NHS-funded.
HFEA, Fertility Treatment 2023.
HFEA, Fertility Treatment 2023.
UK egg-freezing cycles rose 170% in four years.
HFEA, 2019–2023.
HFEA, 2019–2023.
84.6% of egg-donation cycles in Czechia are for patients from abroad.
ÚZIS, Assisted Reproduction in the Czech Republic 2023.
ÚZIS, Assisted Reproduction in the Czech Republic 2023.
After cross-border care, discharge summaries reached the first follow-up in only 12–34% of cases.
BMJ Quality & Safety 2020;29:980–7.
BMJ Quality & Safety 2020;29:980–7.
The first six-country study of patients crossing borders for fertility care.
Shenfield et al., Human Reproduction 2010;25(6):1361–8.
Shenfield et al., Human Reproduction 2010;25(6):1361–8.
Infertility affects around 1 in 6 people worldwide.
World Health Organization, Infertility prevalence estimates 1990–2021 (2023).
World Health Organization, Infertility prevalence estimates 1990–2021 (2023).
How cross-border fertility care should work.
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law, Hum Reprod 2011;26(7):1625.
ESHRE Task Force on Ethics and Law, Hum Reprod 2011;26(7):1625.
How we asked
Honest about what this can and can't tell you
Online survey of nearly 170 women in the UK, 9 August to 23 September 2026. Respondents chose to take part, so the figures are directional, not a measure of all UK patients (about ±7.5 points). We publish the base for every figure and repeat the survey as Gisello grows.
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