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This new version of the Code of Practice contains updated information and guidance for clinics.

Our new version of the Code of Practice contains updated information and guidance for clinic staff to help them understand and comply with the legal requirements as a licensed clinic.

This new version of the Code of Practice contains updated information and guidance for clinics.

The HFEA has issued a statement in response to Cambridge Reproduction’s newly unveiled SCBEM Code of Practice.

This new version of the Code of Practice contains information on the 2022 changes to the law on the storage of gametes and embryos as well as smaller changes to other areas of guidance.

Today we are opening our new updated draft edition of the Code for consultation, until Friday 1 June.

We regulate fertility clinics and projects involving research with human embryos. This involves licensing, inspections and setting standards.

At the HFEA, we have a team of scientific and clinical inspectors who work together to ensure that fertility clinics across the UK are working to the standards set by UK law and the HFEA Code of Practice. In this blog, Nicola Maxwell, one of our Clinical Inspectors, shows just how varied a day at the HFEA can be.

Many people express anxieties about their knowledge of their child’s family medical history and how it might impact them in the future. This page will provide information about the screening requirements of donors to reassure parents of donor conceived children.

The HFEA has issued a statement regarding the Homerton Fertility Centre.