Why isn UK DonorLink able to find out from clinic records or from the year of treatment/doctor whether there are links between registrants?
UK DonorLink does not have access to confidential information held by clinics about donors or patients. Neither does UK DonorLink have access to information about the numbers of donors or patients who used any particular clinic in a given year. This information was not routinely collected until after the HFEA Act was implemented in 1991. Clinics usually consider information held in relation to donor conception prior to 1991 to be confidential.
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