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If you donated your eggs, sperm or embryos before 31 March 2005, you will have done so anonymously. However, the law has since changed to allow donors the opportunity to remove their anonymity and become identifiable to adults conceived from their donation. This page tells you how you can do this, what it means for you, and things you should consider before going ahead.

Our Senior Management Team are our most senior staff members. They oversee the day-to-day running of our organisation and advise the board. This page introduces you to them and tells you a bit about their background.

Accessing information about your donor can raise unexpected feelings, so before you decide whether to go ahead it’s important to think about what effect this could have on you and your family. This page outlines some things to think about.

You may have known for some time that you were conceived with the use of donated eggs, sperm or embryos, you may have only just found out, or you may only suspect this to be the case. If you are aged 16 or over, you are entitled to apply to us to find out more.

A great fertility clinic isn’t just one that can give you effective treatment. Find out about how to choose a clinic, and what to do if something goes wrong.

Contacting your donor-conceived genetic sibling(s) can raise unexpected feelings, so before you decide whether to go ahead it’s important to think about what effect this could have on you and your family.

Incidents in fertility clinics are rare - they occur in less than one percent of the treatments performed in the UK fertility clinics – but each incident is one too many.

Figures in our 2014 statistical report show a year on year increase in the number of IVF cycles, but the number of babies born from previously frozen eggs remains very low.

Becoming a sperm donor is one of the most generous things you could do – it can offer some women and couples their only chance to have a family.

This is great news for patients, giving them more time to make important decisions about family planning.