Scotland has just 26 sperm donors with NHS forced to bring in supplies from London

THERE are just 26 sperm donors left in Scotland five years after the right to remain anonymous was removed.

NHS boards are being forced to bring in supplies from London to meet demand here.

Now there are calls for a review of the system to help encourage more men to register.

Donation rates have dropped dramatically since 2005, when donors' rights to anonymity were removed, meaning children conceived could contact them 18 years later.

Only 13 joined the register last year, with NHS Fife and NHS Lothian in particular struggling to meet demand.

Spire Shawfair Park hospital in Danderhall, Edinburgh, have launched an urgent appeal for donors. They have had only 10 volunters since opening in March, forcing them to get samples from the London Fertility Clinic.

Jaime Oswald, embryologist at the hospital, called for changes to the expenses system. She added: "What scares a lot of people away is that in 18 years, you get a knock on the door."

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