Assisted Conception Unit resources

Assisted conception unit (ACU)

• About us
• Our services
  • What is infertility?
  • Investigations
  • Treatments
  • Counselling
• Referrals
• The process
• Location
• Preimplantation genetic diagnosis services (PGD)
• Useful information
  • FAQs
  • Resources

Resources

This page lists some documentation and useful links to other sites that may be of interest.

Brochure

If you’d like to read more about the processes involved and the options available to you, download a copy of the ACU brochure (PDF 4.9Mb).

Referral forms

Please use these forms for referrals for (non PGD) fertility treatment.

The infertility referral form can be completed by your GP/consultant or the patient, if self-referring.

• infertility referral form (Word 175Kb)
• IVF fertility preservation referral form (Word 269Kb)

The below forms below need to be completed by both partners.

• welfare of the child form (PDF 89Kb)
• consent to disclosure form (PDF 248Kb).

Counselling

• Legal advice on conceiving using donor eggs or sperm (PDF 255Kb).

Useful links

• Human fertilisation and embryology authority (HFEA)
  

  Regulatory body for fertility treatment in the UK

• British infertility counselling association (BICA)
  Regulatory body for fertility counselling in the UK

• Altrui
  Organisation to help couples find altruistic egg and sperm donors.

Useful sites for advice on giving up smoking, alcohol and improving diet

• Smoke Free

• Department of Health

• Food Standards Agency

• Salt (Food Standards Agency)

• NHS choices - healthy eating

Useful support group and information websites

• Miscarriage Association

• The Daisy Network (premature menopause)

• Verity (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - PCOS)