British Service Personnel – Sperm Storage Clinics
To help Service Personnel who wish to store sperm before they deploy, ARCS have assembled a list of clinics offering this service with details of their fees. ARCS has no financial interests within any clinic and is not recommending any particular service.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority regulates all fertility centres in the UK, the services HFEA licence for sperm storage were approached and offered the opportunity to be on this list.
The Centres will be able to provide you with more information if you are considering banking your sperm
THINGS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER
In banking your sperm you will find out more about your potential fertility. One in ten men have a fertility problem and one in fifty men ejaculate no sperm at all. You may find that you have a problem like this and should consider whether you want to know this, or indeed whether now is a time you wish to find out.
When you attend the Clinic you will have to fill out a consent form, on this you can decide to let a named partner/wife have treatment with your sperm even in the event of your death, this is quite standard to clinics as they often bank sperm for cancer patients. Alternatively you can decide that if anything happens to you the sperm should be disposed of, this is also the situation if you do not name a partner. You cannot leave your sperm for someone else to decide, such as your parents. For this reason many servicemen choose to only bank sperm if they have an existing strong relationship where they would wish for a partner to be able to have their children in the event of their death. This is known as posthumous treatment. If you are considering this should make it clear to the named partner and any other family / loved ones.
The Clinic you decide to attend will be able to provide you with more information. Most Clinics will be able to offer you an appointment within a fortnight of you contacting them.
More information about regulation of clinics and sperm storage is available on the HFEA website: www.hfea.gov.uk
UK Armed Forces Spermbanks list
| Contact Details | Initial Sperm Banking Fee | Bloods / Screening Fee | Ongoing annual storage Fee | |
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| Cambridgeshire | ||||
Bourn Hall Clinic, Bourn, Cambridge CB23 2TN Telephone: 01954 717210 or 717221 e-mail: info@bourn-hall.com |
£250.00 includes storage for first year |
£120 |
£197.50 |
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| Cardiff | ||||
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£100 |
£100 |
£325 Annually (This is not charged if a combat injury causes an ongoing fertility problem) |
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| Cheshire | ||||
Knutsford 4 The Pavilions Knutsford Business Park Mobberley Road Knutsford Cheshire WA16 8ZR
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Sperm Freezing and Storage for 3 years (per 3 samples) £800 |
£175 |
£540 (for each 3 year period) |
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| Devon | ||||
South West Centre for Reproductive Medicine Ocean Suite Level 6 Derriford Hospital Plymouth PL6 8DH Tel: 01752 763 704 Email: plh-tr.ivfinfo@nhs.net |
£300 (including 1st year of storage & screening costs) |
£200 |
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| East Sussex | ||||
Sussex Downs Fertility Centre BMI Esperance Hospital Eastbourne East Sussex BN6 9TA Jane Skelton (Fertility Services Manager) or Charlotte Hall (Senior Embryologist) |
£375 (including 1st year of storage) or £1400 (for 5 years) |
£120 |
£275 |
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Brighton Fertility Associates Olivier House 15 Boundary Road Hove East Sussex BN3 4EF Tel/Fax: 01273 620165 Email: reception@brightonfertility.com Website: www.brightonfertility.com |
£350 (Including freezing and storage for 1st year, Consultation and Consent forms) successive freezes within 3 months £200 |
£115 |
£275 |
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| Essex | ||||
Bourn Hall Fertility Clinic,
Wickford
25 London Rd,
Wickford
SS12 0AW
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£250.00 includes storage for first year |
£120.00 |
£197.50 |
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| Greater Manchester | ||||
Joanne Adams / email: joanne.adams@manchesterfertility.com Manchester Fertility Services The Bridgewater Hospital 120 Princess Road Manchester M15 5AT Tel: 0161 227 0010 Fax: 0161 227 0011 |
£750 Includes: * Consents appointment * Viral screening * Freezing and post thaw analysis of 3 ejaculates * Storage for 3 years |
Free |
Free for 3 years
(£350 for subsequent 3 years) |
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| Hampshire | ||||
Complete Fertility Centre Princess Anne Hospital Mailpoint 626, Level G Coxford Road Southampton SO16 5YA
Tel: 023 8001 0570 (option 3) Email: info@completefertility.co.uk Website: www.completefertility.co.uk |
£212.50 (50% discount applied on standard fee of £425)
Includes: Freezing of 3 samples 1st year storage Embryology consultation |
£155 – HIV, Hep B and Hep C (COVID swab £50 if required) |
£350 per additional year |
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Hilary Lancaster or Anthony Price Wessex Fertility the Freya Centre 72-74 Anglesea Road Southampton SO15 5QS General enquiries 023 80 706000 |
£250 (including 1st year of storage) |
£70 |
£160 |
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| Kent | ||||
Stephen Lynch Brenenden Hospital Trust Goddard’s Green Road Brenenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4AX Tel. 01580 242425 |
£300 (including 1st year of storage) |
£130 |
£250 |
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Sheila Swale South East Fertility Clinic Amberley House 9 Queen’s Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9LL Tel: 01892 612656 |
£400 (Initial sperm banking (including embryology consultation and first year of storage) |
£100 |
£300 |
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| Leicestershire | ||||
Leicester Fertility Centre, Kensington Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, LE1 5WW Tel: 0116 2585922 Website: www.leicesterfertilitycentre.org.uk Email: lfcinfo@uhl-tr.nhs.uk or |
£800 – Sperm Storage (Includes infection screening investigations, semen analysis & 3 years Storage) £1,000 – Sperm Storage (Includes infection screening investigations, semen analysis & 7 years Storage) |
N/A |
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| London | ||||
Assisted Conception Unit Tel 020 32995394 |
£260 |
£75 |
£100 |
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Andrology Solutions T:0207 224 2322 |
Includes: basic semen analysis, freezing one sample, post freeze test/thaw to determine survival rates and up to 1 year storage) – £295 (Standard fee: £295) |
includes Hep B surface Antigen; Hep B core Antibody, Hep C Antibodies, HIV 1 & 2 p24 antigen, HTLV I & II antibodies) – £65 (Standard fee: £120 |
£195 |
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The Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health,
230-232 Great Portland Street,
London,
W1W 5QS
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£300 for sperm freezing |
£85.25 blood screenings (if required) |
£245 annual storage fee |
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| Merseyside | ||||
Hewitt Centre Liverpool Women’s Hospital Crown Street Liverpool L8 7SS Tel 0151 702 4215/4214 |
Sperm Freezing and Storage for 3 years (per 3 samples) £800 |
£175 |
£540 (for each 3 year period) |
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| Northampton | ||||
CARE Fertility Northampton 67 The Avenue Cliftonville Northampton NN1 5BT Tel: 01604 601606 |
£385 (including 3 years storage) |
£135 |
£320 (Ongoing storage fee for further 2 years) |
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| Norwich | ||||
Bourn Hall Fertility Clinic,
Norwich
Farrier Cl,
Wymondham
NR18 0WF
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£250.00 includes storage for first year |
£120.00 |
£197.50 |
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| Nottinghamshire | ||||
Fertility Unit Nottingham University Hospital East Block, B Floor Derby Rd Nottingham, NG7 2UH Tel 01159249924 ext 62831 (Office) 62749 (Lab) |
From April 1st 2021: £450 plus VAT for 2 samples plus 1 year storage |
£150 |
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| Somerset | ||||