Sperm sharing

Our sperm sharing programme can help you to reduce the cost of your treatment in return for you agreeing to share your sperm with another couple or couples who require donated sperm.

How it works:

• To be considered for the programme you must be under 46 years of age, with no family history of inherited illness or abnormalities.
• Up to 10 families can be created using sperm from each sperm sharer.
• The patients sharing your sperm will remain anonymous and you will not be given any details about them or their treatment. However, you can request details of whether any children have been born as a result from your donation; a year after the final screening tests and thereafter. You will also be anonymous to them.
• According to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, you will not be the legal parent of any child resulting from the sperm you have donated.
• You will be required to meet with the independent counsellor to discuss the implications of the proposed sperm sharing treatment.
• You can vary or withdraw consent up until either the sperm has been used for insemination or embryos created using the sperm have been transferred. However, if you do so, you will have to pay all your own treatment costs in full.
• You will receive your own treatment at a reduction of the standard cost. You can either wait the 6 months or so for the final screening tests to be performed to receive your treatment at this reduced charge or you can receive your treatment immediately at the full standard charge and subsequently receive the appropriate refund after the final screening tests have been performed.

To find out more please contact Tanya Connolly, our sperm sharing programme administrator, on +44 (0) 1865 782 800.