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" The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority&amp;#039;s (HFEA) review of the way sperm and egg donation is run in the UK has been greeted with contrasting views following its publishing today.  The HFEA&amp;#039;s Seed (Sperm Egg and Embryo Donation) report recommended a number of changes to be made including that, in addition to out-of-pocket expenses, donors should be compensated for loss of earnings up to \u00A3250 for each course of sperm donation or cycle of egg donation, in line with amounts paid to people on jury service.  Donors are currently paid \u00A315 plus &amp;quot;reasonable expenses&amp;quot; but the HFEA said last November that this figure should be as high as \u00A31,000 for egg donors.  Angela McNab, chief executive of the HFEA, said: &amp;quot;The HFEA has no role in recruiting donors or boosting the number of people coming forward.  &amp;quot;However we can do our bit to help make donation easier by ensuring that our guidance for the running of the donation system is as simple and straightforward as possible whilst ensuring appropriate and safe conditions for all those affected by this area of fertility treatment, including donors and the families that they help.&amp;quot;  This call has been backed by Professor Ian Craft, director of the London Fertility Centre, who although critical of large parts of the report, said: &amp;quot;What we need to know is what initiatives can we have, and incentives to make more fertile donors come forward?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;I don&#146;t know what the HFEA could consider, but it certainly needs something radical to turn it around.&amp;quot;  While the payment plan currently goes against a European Union directive that all such donations should not be for financial gain, the British Medical Association (BMA) has also responded favourably to the idea.  The BMA did, however, express concern over recommendations in the report to allow centres to offer free or reduced price IVF treatment to women who are willing to donate some of their eggs.  Chairman of the BMA ethics committee, Dr Michael Wilks, said: &amp;quot;While there are strong compassionate reasons for supporting egg sharing, the BMA cannot back this practice because we feel it places unacceptable pressures on women who cannot afford IVF treatment to donate their eggs.  &amp;quot;Given the restricted provision of IVF treatment on the NHS, the offer of free or reduced price treatment, worth thousands of pounds, is a very large inducement which could affect the validity of the woman&amp;#039;s consent.&amp;quot; \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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