Sperm, Egg and Embryo Donation Review (SEED)

SEED Guidance

The SEED guidance was published on the 31st January 2006 and implemented on the 1 April 2006. 

The SEED Report

The SEED Report represented the culmination of the most substantial and thoroughgoing review of donor-assisted conception regulation in the UK since the 1990 HFE Act became law.  The full report, released on the 7th October is available on the website.

The outcomes of the review include:

• A move towards the adoption of professional standards for donor screening .
• Greater clarity around the number of families that may created using each donor and new guidance to help centres avoid exceeding this limit.
• New Directions on the reimbursement of donors' expenses and compensation for loss of earnings.
• Amendments to the guidance on egg sharing.
• Clarification of the HFEA's policy on authorising imports and exports of gametes and embryos.

The SEED Report (251 Kb)

Direction D.2006/01 (22 Kb)
Giving and receiving money or other benefits in respect of any supply of gametes or embryos.

Explanatory and supplementary information for Direction 2006/1 (62 Kb)

HFEA Practice Guidance note  (34.5 Kb)
Limitations on the use of gametes (or embryos created using gametes) from an individual donor

HFEA Practice Guidance note (38.31 Kb)
Egg sharing

Chair's letter CH(06)01 - Implementation of the outcomes of the SEED Review

> Link to further information on the SEED review

Background information

Who are the Donors - donor analysis report (45 Kb)

Statistics on sperm donor demographics (33.5 Kb)

Statistics on egg donor demographics (34 Kb)

Findings of the clinic survey (132 Kb)

SEED Review Stakeholder Meeting (36 Kb)
Held on 26 July 2004 at the HFEA

OHSS report - A short report on ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome by Professor Adam Balen.

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) (88 Kb) (Original report - 2005)

This OHSS report was updated in 2008.

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) - updated report 2008
 

The public consultation for the SEED review has now closed.

Visit the Consultations page for more information.

Further information can be obtained by contacting the HFEA.E-mail: admin@hfea.gov.uk