Partner with the largest donor egg bank in the UK

Partner with one of the world's largest banks of egg donors, and give your patients the freedom of choice. We have over 30 years' expertise in donor egg IVF. We’re the only dedicated egg bank in the UK, with an extensive database of frozen donated eggs, and the leading provider of egg donation in London.

WHY LONDON EGG BANK?

We're the UK’s first and largest frozen egg bank, with over 30 years' experience in donor egg IVF. There are many benefits for your patients in joining us:

Wide range of UK recruited donors

Our donors have been recruited in our UK centres and come from various backgrounds.

Their donated eggs have been cryopreserved, placed in storage and are available for immediate use. This means you don't have to synchronise patients' cycles with the donor’s cycle, so patients can start treatment as soon as they wish. Browse our donor database

Online 24/7 Donor Database

Patients can choose a donor from the comfort of their home using the non-identifiable information provided on

our online database. We provide information about their physical characteristics, medical history and also about their personality and interests. Browse our donor database

High Success Rates

We have performed the highest number of egg freezing and thawing cycles with donor eggs in the UK

As a dedicated egg bank, we manage the whole egg donation process to ensure the highest quality of eggs. As a result, our success rates are among the best on record, with over 90% egg survival rate after freezing and above 70% cumulative pregnancy rates per cycle. See our success rates.

Secured UK Legislation

The HFEA set standards for quality and safety, providing security for your patients

The HFEA is one of the best regulatory frameworks in the world, providing patients with transparent success rates and pricing, and high-quality care. A maximum 10 families can be created from a single donor. Some other countries do not have any limits.

Identity-Release Donations

Many patients are seeking identity-release (non-anonymous) donations, which are not widely available in clinics abroad

Any donor-conceived child in the UK can receive identifying information about their donor after they turn 18. The HFEA national donor register holds the information about all egg donors in the UK and will provide it even in cases where the treatment clinic is no longer operating by that time.

Success Rates

We manage the egg donation process from start to finish to ensure the highest quality of eggs. As a result of our consistent and reliable approach, many healthy babies have been born through frozen eggs. Our success rates show you our focused approach really works.

Understand our success rates

Egg thawing survival rate

Cumulative pregnancy rate after one embryo transfer from a single cohort of donated eggs

Cumulative pregnancy rate after two embryo transfers from a single cohort of donated eggs

HOW TO PARTNER WITH US

There are three options

1 Your patient purchases eggs at LEB for treatment in your centre

Step 1 – You sign our Third-party Agreement

Step 2 – Your patient contacts us

Your patient contacts us to purchase eggs. Our coordinator provides information and access is granted to the donor database (a fee of £250 is applied, which is later deducted from the cost of donor eggs)

Step 4 – Donor matching

Our matching team assists your patient in selecting their donor eggs

Step 5 - Transportation of eggs to your clinic is arranged

2 We create embryos for patient transfer in your own clinic

After referring your patient to us, we can create, store and transport embryos for you to use with them at your own clinic. This allows you to stay in full control of the IVF process for your patients.

Step 1 – Patient introduction

Before proceeding with treatment, one of our fertility consultants will review your patient’s medical history, completed HFEA forms and semen analysis results.

Step 2 – Initial consultation & egg donor selection

Our dedicated egg donation coordinator will meet with your patient to discuss our programme. They will then be introduced to our online donor database and work with an expert to find their ideal egg donor match.

Step 3 – Sperm sample collection

Once a suitable egg donor has been chosen, we will get in touch with you to arrange the delivery of the sperm sample. If your patient is using partner sperm, they can either send us a frozen sample or produce a fresh sample at our London Harley Street clinic on the same day as the egg is thawed.

At this point, we will need to see your patient’s recent infectious screening results.

Step 4 – Embryo creation

Our expert team will culture embryos in a state-of-the-art laboratory. When they reach the blastocyst stage at around day five or six, any suitable embryos will be frozen and safely stored.

Step 5 – Shipment to your clinic

When you are ready to receive the viable embryos, we will transport them safely to your clinic. Our senior embryologist will keep in regular contact with both you and your patient throughout this process, keeping you up to date on the progress of the embryos while they’re in transit.

3 Refer your patients to us for full treatment

If you’d prefer to refer your patient for full treatment at one of our UK-based clinics, our team of fertility specialists would be more than happy to support them throughout their entire fertility journey.

Once referred, we will book them in for a consultation with one of our fertility consultants.

At this point, we will review factors like their age, medical history and fertility background, before performing specific scans, taking blood tests and, if a male partner is involved, analysing their semen sample.

Using this information, we can then advise them on the best type of fertility treatment plan, setting them up with our dedicated egg donation coordinator, who will introduce them to our online donor database and personalised matching service.

We also ask all patients who are considering using donor eggs to conceive to see an independent counsellor at this point, to explore all the implications involved.

After an egg donor has been chosen, they will meet with one of our nurses to complete their screening tests and provide their consent. Using sperm from either the involved male partner or a sperm donor, we fertilise the eggs in our state-of-the-art lab, before assessing their suitability to perfectly time the embryo transfer.

Once ready, most women will only have one embryo transferred to avoid the risk of multiple pregnancies. We will store any remaining embryos for future use, in case another cycle is needed or your patient would like a sibling pregnancy later on.

WHO CAN BE REFERRED?

Before referring a patient for treatment using donor eggs, there are certain requirements that should be considered:

For IVF with donor eggs, patients should:

Be under 55 years of age
If over 50, additional tests may be required
Have a BMI under 37
Have a uterus capable of carrying a pregnancy
Have a medical need for donor egg treatment

They should not have:

Any medical issues preventing pregnancy

What our patients say

Who are our donors?

Our egg donors are recruited from within the UK, and they have all donated eggs after passing our rigorous screening process in line with HFEA standards

Donor Screening

Our screening process ensures that they meet the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) requirements. Our donors must also pass extensive medical, genetic and psychological assessments.

We treat all our donors as individuals and offer a high level of care in recognition of their remarkable kindness. But if we look collectively at the wonderful group of women who have donated eggs to our database, we can tell you some of their common characteristics.

Donor Statistics

79% of our donors are educated to degree level or above, come from a wide range of backgrounds and ethnicities. Their main motivation for donating their eggs is a wish to help others, for a variety of different reasons.