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  • Research and data

    We collect data and statistics about fertility treatments performed each year in the UK.

    Last updated: 3 January 2019

    Review date: 3 January 2021

  • Assisted hatching

    For most patients, having a routine cycle of proven fertility treatment is effective without using any treatment add-ons.

    Last updated: 16 October 2023

    Review date: 16 October 2025

  • Physiological intracytoplasmic sperm injection (PICSI)

    For most patients, having a routine cycle of proven fertility treatment is effective without using any treatment add-ons.

    Last updated: 16 October 2023

    Review date: 16 October 2025

  • Endometrial scratching

    For most patients, having a routine cycle of proven fertility treatment is effective without using any treatment add-ons.

    Last updated: 16 October 2023

    Review date: 16 October 2025

  • Pre-implantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A)

    For most patients, having a routine cycle of proven fertility treatment is effective without using any treatment add-ons.

    Last updated: 16 October 2023

    Review date: 16 October 2025

  • Meet our Authority members

    Our Authority members are non staff members who are appointed to bring an objective point of view to our board and committees. This page introduces you to them and tells you a bit about their background.

    Last updated: 11 April 2016

    Review date: 11 April 2018

  • Time-lapse imaging and incubation

    For most patients, having a routine cycle of proven fertility treatment is effective without using any treatment add-ons.

    Last updated: 16 October 2023

    Review date: 16 October 2025

  • Family formations in fertility treatment 2022

    Preliminary UK family type statistics for IVF and DI treatment, storage, and donation. Published: November 2024.

    Last updated: 14 November 2024

    Review date: 14 November 2026

  • More single patients and female same-sex couples are having fertility treatment but disparities in access remain, says regulator

    Report from the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA) shows: Female same-sex couples had the highest birth rate among all family types; Opposite-sex couples were twice as likely to receive NHS funding than single patients and female same-sex couples as single patients and female same-sex couples to receive NHS funding; One in five of all IVF and DI treatments were had by female same-sex couples or single patients.

    Last updated: 18 November 2024

    Review date: 18 November 2026

  • Surrogacy: a factsheet

    A statement from the HFEA. Clare Ettinghausen, Director of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, said: “The HFEA has a limited role in surrogacy arrangements, overseeing only how clinics deliver the fertility treatment patient pathway and consents where surrogacy takes place in a licensed UK clinic. We have no remit in relation to regulating surrogacy arrangements that take place outside the UK.

    Last updated: 26 November 2024

    Review date: 26 November 2026