Surrogate pregnancies - numbers and hospital policy

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Dear East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust,

Could you please let me know how many surrogate pregnancies and births have been managed through your hospitals over the past three years.

Do you have a hospital policy to guide staff in the management of surrogate pregnancies and births ?
If you do so please could you make it available here.

Yours faithfully,

Gail Cleland

Freedom of Information (ELHT) Mailbox, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Ms. Cleland,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information Request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please find the response to your questions below.

Could you please let me know how many surrogate pregnancies and births have been managed through your hospitals over the past three years.

Do you have a hospital policy to guide staff in the management of surrogate pregnancies and births ?
If you do so please could you make it available here.

RESPONSE
The Trust does not record the numbers of surrogate pregnancies or births. We are unable to provide this information to you. The Trust does have a policy regarding surrogacy. As per your request, please find a copy attached.

If you are not satisfied with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to request a review or make a complaint, you should write to the Trust Data Protection Officer/Head of Information Governance, Parkview Offices, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH. Email: [East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust request email] If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information Team
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
[email address]

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