Welcome to the knowledge base.
On this page, you can see latest news and search through all our regulatory guidance and information. You can also search for regulatory and guidance information using either free text or information tags and you can also filter by content type.
Choose a Fertility Clinic has been updated to include full data on treatments, pregnancies, and births from January 2022 to December 2024.
Read the overview of our public consultation on Choose a Fertility Clinic 2025.
Read the HFEA's latest report.
We ran this consultation to get views on which statistics are most helpful for the public and best represent fertility treatment today, to support us in deciding what statistics should be shown on a clinic’s main profile page to give a broad overview of that clinic’s success rates.
Around one child in every classroom is now born from IVF.
Read the full National Patient Survey 2024 report.
Read through past news items from the Knowledge Base
Our Code of Practice helps you to understand and comply with your legal requirements as a licensed centre.
Last updated: 31-10-2024
From time to time we need to modify a procedure or practice following new evidence. These are called Directions and can apply to all clinics and centres (General Directions) or individual clinics/centres (Special Directions).
Last updated: 21-06-2021
We issue Chair’s letters to notify clinics and centres of any changes to our policy, including any action they need to take.
Last updated: 20-04-2026
We issue Chief Executive's letters to notify clinics and centres of any changes to our operating procedures and update them on relevant developments.
Last updated: 21-01-2026
Any additional guidance that can’t be found in the other categories, such as our multiple births minimisation strategy and inspection of surgical procedures guidance, can be found here.
Last updated: 01-10-2025
Browse resources and examples of best practice from other clinics that could help improve the standards of emotional support patients receive at your clinic.
Last updated: 21-06-2021
View licence conditions for treatment and storage centres and research centres.
Last updated: 10-09-2025
View and download all clinic forms, excluding consent forms.
Last updated: 02-03-2026
View and download consent forms.
Last updated: 08-02-2024
Keep up to date with developments in the sector with our monthly newsletter for clinics.
Last updated: 27-04-2026
Browse all the latest clinic news items from this year.
Last updated: 04-01-2023
Last updated: 05-05-2026
Find out how our new data submission system, PRISM, is developing and what it means for you.
Last updated: 16-04-2026
Last updated: 09-03-2026
Keep up to date with data research developments in the sector with our quarterly newsletter.
Last updated: 05-05-2026
Last updated: 10-02-2026