The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is the independent regulator of fertility treatment and human embryo research in the United Kingdom (UK). We aim to ensure that everyone receives high quality care in a licenced fertility clinic. We do this by licensing, monitoring, and inspecting fertility clinics and providing free, clear and impartial information about fertility treatment, clinics, and egg, sperm, and embryo donation.
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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, 2024
# State of the fertility sector 2023/24
Annual publication (1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024)
1st October 2024
[Download the underlying dataset as .xlsx](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/cjwjns5j/state-of-the-fertility-sector-2023-2024-underlying-dataset.xlsx "State of the fertility sector 2023-2024 - underlying dataset")
## - [How we regulate](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/state-of-the-fertility-sector-2023-2024/#how-we-regulate)
- [1\. Inspections in 2023/24](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/state-of-the-fertility-sector-2023-2024/#section-1)
- [2\. There were 226 non-compliances identified at inspection in 2023/24](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/state-of-the-fertility-sector-2023-2024/#section-2)
- [3\. In 2023/24, 135 clinics were licensed by the HFEA to provide fertility treatment, storage and/or research](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/state-of-the-fertility-sector-2023-2024/#section-3)
- [4\. Total incidents reduced by 8% compared to the previous financial year](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/state-of-the-fertility-sector-2023-2024/#section-4)
- [5\. Fewer Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) incidents were reported in 2023/24](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/state-of-the-fertility-sector-2023-2024/#section-5)
- [6\. Patient complaints in 2023/24 were consistent with the previous financial year](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/state-of-the-fertility-sector-2023-2024/#section-6)
- [About our data](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/publications/research-and-data/state-of-the-fertility-sector-2023-2024/#about-our-data)
## The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is the independent regulator of fertility treatment and human embryo research in the United Ki...
General OB/GYNUK Regulatory FrameworkFertility Sector Oversight
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, 2020
# State of the fertility sector 2019/2020
**Annual publication on our regulatory work**
November 2020
[**Download the underlying data set as.xlsx (47KB)**](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/3289/state-of-the-sector-2019-20-underlying-data.xlsx)
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### We are the independent regulator of fertility treatment and human embryo research in the United Kingdom (UK). We aim to ensure that everyone who steps into a fertility clinic, and everyone born as a result of treatment, receives high quality care. We do this by licensing, monitoring and inspecting fertility clinics and providing free, clear and impartial information about fertility treatment, clinics, and egg, sperm and embryo donation.
State of the Sector is our annual report, which summarises what we have seen through our regulatory work during the year. The report is compiled from information gathered from our inspections throughout the year and uses other sources of information including our Register of fertility treatments, incident reports and patient feedback mechanisms.
In 2019/20, we introduced a [**Clinical Governance Quarterly Update**](https://portal.hfea.gov.uk/knowledge-base/clinic-focus/) which provides clinics with detailed insight into non-compliances in a more timely manner to help clinics improve compliance and prepare for inspections. As a result, the State of the Sector report this year provides a high-level overview of sector-wide compliance, reporting on the absolute number of inspections, non-compliances, incidents and complaints.
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### Impact of COVID-19 This report looks at the financial year 2019/20 (1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020), predominantly covering the period before any COVID-19 restrictions were put in place. As COVID-19 caused unprecedented demand on the NHS during the initial wave of the pandemic, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) made the difficult decision to publish [**General Direction 0014**](https://po...