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28 March 1996

To: Persons Responsible at Licensed Centres

Dear Colleague

New HFEA Forms Register (96)1, (96)2 and (96)3

As you will be aware, the HFEA has undertaken a review of the forms used by centres to report IVF and donor insemination treatments and pregnancy outcomes. The outcome of the review is the introduction of the enclosed forms Register (96)1, (96)2 and (96)3.

The new forms should be used in your centre from Monday, 1 April 1996. From this date, please report all treatments and their outcomes on these forms, including any which took place prior to this date. Please ensure that all stocks of old forms are destroyed.

I enclose a set of guidance notes for completing the forms and a copy of the new directions (1996/1) to be issued by the Chairman of the Authority under the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Act 1990 with effect from 1 April 1996. Centres are required to comply with these directions as a condition of their licence. Please note that these directions state that the IVF treatment form, Register (96)1, should be returned to the HFEA no later than 8 weeks after the date of embryo transfer, or the date on which the cycle was abandoned. The DI treatment form, Register (96)2, should be returned no later than 8 weeks after the last insemination and the pregnancy outcome forms, Register (96)3, should be returned on the 15th day of each month.

Outstanding Pregnancy Outcomes for Treatment Cycles 1.4.95 - 31.3.95

Following the letter of 19 January ,enclosed with this letter is a second list of pregnancies reported from your centre where no outcome form has yet been sent to the HFEA as of 26 March 1996. Please ensure that all pregnancy outcomes are sent to the HFEA before 21 April. It will not be possible to take into account in the forthcoming issue of the Patients' Guide any outcomes notified after that date.

Please ensure that all treatment forms have been sent within the time limit specified by the directions. This is an activity which will be included in the programme of audit of clinics' records which the HFEA is about to undertake.

If you have any queries, please contact Joanna Thompson.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Flora Goldhill
Chief Executive

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