Implementation of World Health Organization Recommendations for Semen Analysis: A Survey of Laboratories in the United Kingdom

Table 1

Distribution of laboratories performing semen analysis in the UK.

Laboratory	Group 1 (n = 38)	Group 2 (n = 17)	Group 3 (n = 42)	Group 4 (n = 9)
NHS pathology	63%	18%	0%	22%
NHS fertility	16%	18%	24%	33%
Private pathology	3%	0%	0%	0%
Private fertility	5%	35%	52%	11%
Combination of above	13%	29%	24%	33%

Group 1: UKAS only; Group 2: UKAS and HFEA; Group 3: HFEA only; Group 4: no accreditation.