IVF cycles facilitated by the Assisted Reproduction Unit in 2024 (FOI)

Request 681068239

A

Please can you share the total number of fresh IVF cycles facilitated by the Assisted Reproduction Unit (ARU) in 2024?

B

Please can you share the total number of Frozen Embryo Transfer cycles facilitated by the ARU in 2024?

C

Please can you share the total number of IUI cycles facilitated by the ARU in 2024? 

D

Please can you tell us how many live births there were in Jersey in 2024 that were a result of IVF treatment (encompassing all types of treatment including; fresh cycles, frozen embryo transfers and pre-implantation genetic testing)? If only figures for cycles facilitated through the ARU are available, please share these and state that this is the case. 

E

Please can you share how many positive pregnancy tests there were resulting from IVF treatment facilitated by the ARU in 2024 (encompassing all types of treatment including; fresh cycles, frozen embryo transfers and PGT testing)? 

F

Please can you share how many positive pregnancy tests there were as a result of IUI treatment facilitated by the ARU in 2024?

G

Please can you share how many live births there were in Jersey in 2024 that were a result of IUI treatment? 

Response

A

31 fresh IVF (In-Vitro Fertilisation) cycles were facilitated in 2024, with 10 positive pregnancy tests.

B

44 Frozen Embryo Transfers were facilitated in 2024, with 26 positive pregnancy tests.

C

5 Intrauterine Inseminations (IUIs) and 15 Donor Inseminations (DIs) were facilitated in 2024.

D

As per HFEA (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority) requirements, there is no sharing of data with the Antenatal service as to whether a pregnancy is conceived via assisted conception or not, so no linkage is available. Additionally, patients who undergo fertility treatment outside of the U.K. may or may not have contact with the Assisted Reproduction Unit (ARU). As such, whilst details may be recorded in individual case notes, no central record for births resulting from IVF is held. Therefore, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies. 

E

36 positive pregnancy tests, as detailed in response to Questions A and B.

F and G

IUI treatment facilitated through resulted in fewer than five positive pregnancy tests and live births in 2024. As numbers are small, disclosure control is applied to protect individuals from identification, and Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law has been applied to protect the privacy of individuals.

Articles Applied

Article 3        Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

Article 25      Personal information

(1)     Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.

(2)     Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a)     it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b)     its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.​