Eighth Edition - R.3 - Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority

HFEA guidance (cont)
Consent
12.7 The person obtaining consent should ensure that an egg provider’s consent is recorded so that different
conditions can be placed on:
(a) the use of eggs and the use and storage of embryos created for the egg provider’s
own treatment, and
(b)
the use of eggs and the use and storage of embryos created for the treatment of the
recipient(s).
These conditions should be able to be varied independently of each other.
12.8 The person obtaining consent should tell the egg provider and recipient(s) that the egg provider may
withdraw or vary her consent up to when an egg, or an embryo created using her eggs, is:
(a)
transferred to a woman
(b)
(c)
(d)
used in a research project (defined as being under the control of the researchers
and being cultured for use in research)
used for training, or
allowed to perish.
The possible consequences of this should:
(a) be made clear to the egg provider and the recipient(s) before the egg sharing cycle begins,
and
(b)
be set out in the written patient information included with the egg sharing agreement.
12.9 The egg provider should be given enough time to consider the implications of donating, before her
donation is used.
12.10 If either the egg provider or the recipient in an egg sharing arrangement withdraws their consent after
preparation has begun, the centre should bear any financial loss it sustains as a result.
See also guidance note:
5 – Consent to treatment, storage, donation and disclosure
of information
See also:
HFEA consent forms available at www.hfea.gov.uk
Counselling
Interpretation of mandatory requirements
The centre must offer anyone intending to participate in an egg sharing arrangement the opportunity
for counselling.
12A
12.11 The counselling of those intending to participate in an egg sharing arrangement should accord with the
guidance from the British Infertility Counselling Association.
See also guidance note:
3 – Counselling
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Guidance note | 12. Egg sharing arrangements
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