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Last year we launched the UK’s first ever national fertility patient survey, which gave the opportunity to anyone who had recently gone through fertility treatment in the UK in the last five years, and their partner, to share their experiences and help inform our policy and identify areas for improvement.

Last updated: 18 December 2018

Review date: 18 December 2020

If you’re thinking about going overseas for fertility treatment, there’s a lot to consider. It may seem obvious, but fertility treatment isn’t regulated in the same way outside the UK. Find out more about having treatment abroad.

Last updated: 14 July 2016

Review date: 14 July 2018

PGT-A (previously known as preimplantation genetic screening or PGS) is a treatment add-on.

Last updated: 3 January 2017

Review date: 3 January 2019

Julia Chair, HFEA Chair, has today delivered a speech. The HFEA is the first regulator of its kind in the world, and we are recognised as the global gold standard for innovative and effective regulation. While our 30th anniversary is a cause for celebration, it should also be a prompt for reflection.

Last updated: 30 November 2021

Review date: 30 November 2023

The HFEA’s National Patient Survey 2024 finds: Patient satisfaction has stayed at over 70% for the past decade – although this is between 23% and 14% lower for Asian and Black patients; NHS-funded patients are reporting longer wait times before starting treatment after speaking to a GP, with only 35% starting treatment within a year compared to 53% of patients who are paying for their own treatment; Concerningly, almost three-quarters of patients (73%) used an additional test, treatment or emerging technology during treatment although most remain unproven at increasing chances of success.

Last updated: 19 March 2025

Review date: 19 March 2027

Last updated: 12 April 2022

Review date: 12 April 2024

Recruitment to join our Patient Engagement Forum (PEF) has now closed. Thank you to all those who applied.

Last updated: 14 October 2024

Review date: 14 October 2026

Read the full speech delivered by our Chair Sally Cheshire at the 2018 Progress Educational Trust conference, that looks back at the legacy of the 2008 HFE Act.

Last updated: 5 December 2018

Review date: 5 December 2020

Our next corporate strategy 2020 to 2023

Last updated: 20 May 2019

Review date: 20 May 2021

There is a number of fertility treatments, from fertility drugs and embryo screening to surgical sperm extraction and IVF. Explore all the different treatments.

Last updated: 4 May 2016

Review date: 4 May 2018