2021 clinic news

Read all the clinic news items from 2021.

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22/04/2021 - Ensuring consent to legal parenthood is properly taken

We continue to identify errors and anomalies in consent to legal parenthood across the sector. The sorts of issues we find include lack of or missing legal parenthood consent forms, using incorrect forms, and not identifying errors that could raise doubt over the validity of the consent. As a result, a few new cases have been referred to the family court. Where we continue to identify errors or anomalies in consent to legal parenthood, we are treating these very seriously and implementing proportionate regulatory action.

08/01/2021 - Relicensing exercise

Following EU Exit, changes need to be made to the wording of some of the standard licence conditions (SLCs) that appear on all HFEA licences.