A - Z of licensed services

This list provides details of all fertility treatment clinics that are licensed by the HFEA.

The list contains:

• Name and address of the centre
• Name of the Person Responsible - who has legal responsibility for the running of the centre
• The details of the centre's current licence, including expiry date and what activities the centre is licensed to do

A-Z of fertility treatment centres (updated 13 Aug 08)

Under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended) anyone wishing to carry out In-vitro fertilisation,  Insemination, storage of human embryos or research on human embryos must have a licence from the HFEA. Services carrying out storage  processing, testing, procurement or distribution of human gametes (eggs and sperm) for human use must also have a licence from the HFEA. 

Other clinics can have a legal arrangement with a licensed clinic to provide certain services. These are known as Satellite or Transport clinics.

A-Z of satellite and transport clinics (updated 5 February 08)

This list also contains a more detailed explanation of satellite and transport clinics and how they are monitored.