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What is allowed in
United Kingdom
Last reviewed: 9/26/2026Pending legal verification
Egg donation✓✓ Allowed
Sperm donation✓✓ Allowed
Anonymous donor✓✕ Not allowedEnded April 2005
Donor identifiable to child at 18✓✓ AllowedMandatory; identity available at 18
Known / directed donor✓✓ Allowed
Single women✓✓ Allowed
Female couples✓✓ Allowed
ROPA / reciprocal IVF✓✓ Allowed
Surrogacy✓◐ RestrictedAltruistic only; contracts unenforceable
Surrogacy for male couples✓✓ AllowedParental orders available to couples
Preimplantation genetic testing✓✓ AllowedPGT-M for HFEA-approved conditions
Non-medical sex selection✓✕ Not allowedOnly for sex-linked disease
Legal age limit (women)✓No legal limit (NHS funding up to 42)
✓ Checked against official source
Sources: ESHRE EIM survey 2024 (Human Reproduction 39:1909) · HFEA · hfea.gov.uk · hfea.gov.uk · researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk · progress.org.uk
Clinics in this country (171)
- Ninewells HospitalDundeeView →
- Fertility ExeterDevonView →
- The Lister Fertility ClinicLondonView →
- Hewitt Fertility CentreLiverpoolView →
- Centre for Reproductive Medicine, CoventryCoventryView →
- Care Fertility NorthamptonNorthantsView →
- Newcastle Fertility Centre at LifeNewcastle upon TyneView →
- Aberdeen Fertility CentreAberdeenView →
- Hull & East Riding FertilityEast YorkshireView →
- The Priory HospitalBirminghamView →
- Herts and Essex Fertility CentreHertfordshireView →
- Assisted Reproduction Unit (ARU), University Hospital of HartlepoolClevelandView →
- Manchester FertilityCheshireView →
- TFP Oxford FertilityOxfordshireView →
- Glasgow Royal InfirmaryGlasgowView →
- The Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health Trading as CRGH PortlandLondonView →
- Wales Fertility Institute, CardiffCardiffView →
- Cambridge IVFCambridgeView →
- The James Cook University HospitalClevelandView →
- TFP Wessex FertilityHampshireView →
- Care Fertility SheffieldSouth YorkshireView →
- St Mary's HospitalManchesterView →
- Leicester Fertility CentreLeicesterView →
- London Sperm Bank (LSB) London BridgeLondonView →
- London Women's Clinic, DarlingtonDurhamView →
- TFP Nurture FertilityNottinghamView →
- Regional Fertility Centre, BelfastBelfastView →
- Wolfson Fertility Centre - Hammersmith HospitalLondonView →
- Andrology Unit, Hammersmith HospitalLondonView →
- London Women's Clinic BromleyKentView →
- London Fertility CentreLondonView →
- Barts Health Centre for Reproductive MedicineLondonView →
- Sunderland Fertility CentreHarton LaneView →
- Lanarkshire Acute Hospital NHS TrustLanarkshireView →
- Bourn Hall ClinicCambridgeshireView →
- Care Fertility NottinghamNottinghamView →
- Guys HospitalLondonView →
- London Women's ClinicLondonView →
- King’s FertilityLondonView →
- Birmingham Women's HospitalBirminghamView →