The establishment of a programme of artificial insemination by donor semen within the National Health Service.
A human semen bank has been established in Nottingham for artificial insemination using donor semen (AID). Frozen semen has been used for all inseminations. The introduction and organization of such a programme within the National Health Service is described. Six pregnancies have so far been confirmed and two normal infants have been delivered.
D005260:Female; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011247:Pregnancy; D012661:Semen; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom