CE(06)05

August 2006

Dear Colleague,

Consent forms

I am writing to inform you of the publication of the new HFEA consent forms.  These will replace the 00(6), 00(7), 00(9), 96(8) and the form at Appendix B of the Code of Practice for consent to the disclosure of identifying information to a person who is not covered by a licence.

The new forms are intended to be easier and more straightforward to complete; all follow the same design allowing them to be easily recognisable as HFEA consent forms.

There are now separate forms for treatment, donation and storage, and each of these has a male and female version.  There are eight new forms:

• MD Form ? Consent to the use and storage of sperm and embryos in donation
• WD Form ? Consent to the use and storage of eggs and embryos in donation
• MT Form ? Consent to the use of sperm and use and storage of embryos in treatment or research
• WT Form ? Consent to the use of eggs and use and storage of embryos in treatment or research
• MS Form ? Consent to the storage of sperm
• WS Form ? Consent to the storage of eggs
• ES Form ? Extension to embryo storage for more than five years
• CD Form ? Consent to disclosure of identifying information about fertility treatment to another person who is not covered by a licence

The forms will be available for the centres to download from the HFEA website under For clinic staff, and centres will be expected to provide a photocopy of the completed form to the patient/donor.

Centres are be expected to start using the new forms from the 16th October 2006, after this date centres should not use the previous forms.

If you require any further information about the consent forms, please contact the HFEA inspector for your centre.

Yours sincerely,

Angela NcNab
Chief Executive

Direction - D.2006/5 - Records of consent required by the HFE Act 1990

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