Definition: Harley Street is a street in Marylebone, central London, which has been noted since the 19th century for its large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery. It was named after Thomas Harley who was Lord Mayor of London in 1767. [From Wiki]

I have been back blogging 8 days and I have not mentioned Harley Street? Since deciding to go back to school as a mom of 2 in 2012 Jamie has not only graduated but she has also qualified as a counsellor and found infertility counselling as her niche. She has setup her own business and made it so much of a success that the infertility counselling governing body BICA noticed her and asked he to be on the exec committee as membership secretary This put her further into the spotlight in the infertility sector and the CEO of a leading Harley Street clinic head hunted her to work for them. After some soul searching over allowing her business Akeso Counselling to take a backseat and become an employee again, eventually she accepted the lead counselling position at London Women’s Clinic and is about to embark on the next stage of her meteoric career.

So, as an American “London” is where they all think of when they think of England even though Middlewich is closer to the centre “middle” of England tut? So to visit London was maybe a dream come true for Jamie but could she ever have dreamt she would not only work in London but work in one of the world renowned streets synonymous with private medicine.

Having been contracting for the clinic for last few months as Akeso, she will start work for them in January, primarily working from home from the “Shoffice” (more of that in a future blogs) she will be required to go to London a couple of times a month to work and to talk to clients at seminars so she has been going down to oversee seminars ready to take over them herself.

She’s living the dream and I am so proud of her!

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Harley Street Overview:

Since the 19th century, the number of doctors, hospitals, and medical organisations in and around Harley Street has greatly increased. Records show that there were around 20 doctors in 1860, 80 by 1900, and almost 200 by 1914. When the National Health Service was established in 1948, there were around 1,500. Today, there are more than 3,000 people employed in the Harley Street area, in clinics, medical and paramedical practices, and hospitals such as Dr. Gabriela Clinic, The Harley Street Clinic, Hifu Skin Clinic, Medical Express Clinic, Harly Medical Foot and Nail Clinic, Harley Street Fertility Clinic, Sonoworld Diagnostic Services, The London Women’s Clinic and The London Clinic, Harley Street Life Coaching.

It has been speculated that doctors were originally attracted to the area by the development of commodious housing and central proximity to the important railway stations of Paddington, King’s Cross, St Pancras, Euston and, later, Marylebone. The nearest Tube stations are Regent’s Park, Great Portland Street and Oxford Circus. Harley Street has also been featured in many films and television programmes. [From Wiki]