Guidance notes
Staff
- 1. Person responsible
- 2. Staff
Counselling
- 3. Counselling
Information and consent
- 4. Information to be provided prior to consent
- 5. Consent to treatment, storage, donation, training and disclosure of information
- 6. Legal parenthood
Multiple births
- 7. Multiple births
Welfare of the child
- 8. Welfare of the child
Embryo testing
- 9. Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS)
- 10. Embryo testing and sex selection
Donation and surrogacy
- 11. Donor recruitment, assessment and screening
- 12. Egg sharing arrangements
- 13. Payments for donors
- 14. Surrogacy
Use of gametes and embryos
- 15. Procuring, processing and transporting gametes and embryos
- 16. Imports and exports
- 17. Storage of gametes and embryos
- 18. Witnessing and assuring patient and donor identification
- 19. Traceability
- 20. Donor assisted conception
- 21. Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
Research and training
- 22. Research and training
Facilities and administration
- 23. The quality management system
- 24. Third party agreements
- 25. Premises and facilities
- 26. Equipment and materials
- 27. Adverse incidents
- 28. Complaints
Treating people fairly
- 29. Treating people fairly
Record keeping and other obligations
- 30. Confidentiality and privacy
- 31. Record keeping and document control
- 32. Obligations and reporting requirements of centres
Code of Practice version: 8

