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Last updated: 14 November 2024

Review date: 14 November 2026

State of the fertility sector 2022/23. Annual publication on HFEA licensed centres (1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023). Published: 12th September 2023.

Last updated: 10 September 2023

Review date: 10 September 2025

State of the fertility sector 2021/22. Annual publication on HFEA licensed clinics. Published: October 2022.

Last updated: 23 September 2022

Review date: 23 September 2024

Survey of UK fertility patients: 2 September - 9 October 2024. Published: March 2025.

Last updated: 10 March 2025

Review date: 10 March 2027

Recommendations from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) for changes to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended). Published: November 2023.

Last updated: 7 November 2023

Review date: 7 November 2025

This page is for donor-conceived people who are thinking about taking a home DNA test, have already taken one, or who want to know more about the implications of home DNA testing and matching services for them in relation to donor anonymity.

Last updated: 11 December 2024

Review date: 11 December 2026

This quality and methodology document contains information on the quality characteristics of the data as well as the methods used to create it.

Last updated: 14 June 2023

Review date: 14 June 2025

If your child or children were conceived as a result of assisted conception, telling them about their origins can feel like a challenging topic to discuss. However, if done honestly and at the right time, the subject need not be a difficult one to broach.

Last updated: 15 July 2016

Review date: 15 July 2018

Last updated: 12 April 2022

Review date: 12 April 2024

The law around releasing a sperm, egg or embryo donor’s personal information to people conceived from their donation changed in April 2005. Understand exactly what people conceived from your donation can find out about you and when.

Last updated: 17 June 2016

Review date: 17 June 2018