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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

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'Women with toy boys are fuelling demand for IVF'

09.11.09
Spanish fertility centre says the British women it treats are more likely to be significantly older than their partners compared with other nationalities... more

The fertility experts

04.11.09
The best clinics in and around London... more

Alert as fertility clinic admits it used damaged donor sperm

02.11.09
Leading London fertility clinic is at the centre of a health scare after using damaged sperm that increased the risk of a miscarriage... more

Ten test-tube babies born every day after 11,000 women undergo IVF in the capital

30.09.09
More than 4,000 babies were born in one year after their mothers had IVF treatment in London... more

New Viking invasion as Danish men offer hope

24.09.09
Infertile London couples are being offered sperm from Danish men to solve a shortage of donors... more

Fertility watchdog to review ban on selling human eggs

27.07.09
A ban on the sale of sperm and eggs is to be reconsidered... more

Fertility isn’t a right — it’s a privilege for a few

09.07.09
The creation of human sperm in a laboratory raises the question of why society persistently views assisted conception as an entitlement... more

IVF clinics must show full cost of treatment

07.07.09
IVF clinics are facing a shake-up over how much they charge for fertility treatment... more

Blunders won't stop the great march of IVF

16.06.09
A generation ago, infertility was a life-long sentence. But with the advent of IVF, a whole industry has developed to promote the idea that having a child is a right, not a biological privilege... more

Childless couples 'losing out due to IVF blunders'

15.06.09
Soaring numbers of childless couples are losing out on the dream of becoming parents due to increasing numbers of blunders at IVF clinics... more

IVF samples to be tagged after hospital mixes up embryos

27.04.09
A London hospital is using electronic "tags" to identify IVF samples after doctors used the wrong sperm in fertility treatment... more

Foreigners ease sperm donor crisis

12.11.08
London fertility clinics are turning to foreign sperm donors in a bid to beat record shortages, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

£1,500 test to detect disease in embryos

24.10.08
A test which would allow parents using IVF treatment to screen embryos for a wide range of genetic diseases could be available as early as next year... more

Top IVF doctor cleared after women's claims are dismissed

23.10.08
Britain's highest-profile fertility doctor has cleared his name over allegations of professional misconduct... more

London fertility clinics are best in UK for births

09.10.08
London fertility doctors have the best success rates in the country with women treated in the capital's clinics more likely to become mothers than anywhere else... more

'Baby god' doctor to face GMC over treatment claims

12.09.08
London's most high-profile fertility doctor faces disciplinary action after complaints over his treatment of two women patients... more

Electronic tags to stop mix-ups at IVF clinics

16.07.08
Fertility clinics have begun using electronic tags to prevent mix-ups over IVF samples... more

London hospital is top of IVF success league

02.07.08
Women who have fertility treatment at University College Hospital are more than twice as likely to get pregnant than at clinics elsewhere in the country, figures reveal... more

Fertility doctor delivers himself an £8 million profit in IVF boom

13.05.08
London's most high-profile fertility doctor made £8 million in one year, an Evening Standard investigation has found... more

Hollywood stars 'fuelling the rise of older mothers'

19.03.08
Hollywood stars who give birth over the age of 40 are encouraging women to delay motherhood, a leading fertility doctor have warned... more

2mm slice of woman on display

26.06.07
An exhibit of a bisected body of a woman is to go on permanent display at a London gallery - the artwork has been created by Professor Gunther von Hagens.... more

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