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Guidance

Independent clinics and hospitals approved to carry out abortions

Updated 31 December 2025

Applies to England

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has a power under Section 1 (3) of the , as amended, to approve places for the purpose of treatment for termination of pregnancy (abortion).

All places operated by non-NHS bodies must be approved.

The Secretary of State will consider the approval of places for the purposes of section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967 if proprietors undertake to comply with:

  • the Abortion Act 1967 and regulations made under the act - Abortion Regulations 1991
  • the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
  • the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009
  • the Health and Care Act 2022
  • the Department of Health and Social Care’s required standard operating procedures (RSOPs) published in 2020, incorporating new guidance relating to the legal requirements of the Abortion Act

Approval is granted on the basis of a provider’s declaration to comply with and maintain the standards required by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the RSOPs and confirmation that monitoring arrangements are in place to ensure that these requirements are met.

Failure to comply with these requirements and associated regulations and/or the RSOPs may lead to the withdrawal of Secretary of State’s approval.

All current approvals are now valid until 31 July 2026.

If you have any questions on clinic approvals, email abortionpolicy@dhsc.gov.uk.

The following clinics and hospitals have all agreed to comply with the requirements listed above and are approved to perform abortions.

In the following list:

  • ‘BPAS’ stands for British Pregnancy Advisory Service
  • ‘NUPAS’ stands for National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Service

East Midlands

Table 1: clinics and hospitals in the East Midlands

Clinic or hospital name Upper tier local authority
BPAS Leicester City Leicester
BPAS Nottingham West Nottinghamshire
MSI Reproductive Choices Mansfield Community Treatment Centre Nottinghamshire
MSI Reproductive Choices Nottingham Community Treatment Centre Nottingham
BPASÌý±·´Ç°ù³Ù³ó²¹³¾±è³Ù´Ç²Ô West Northamptonshire

East of England

Table 2: clinics and hospitals in the East of England

Clinic or hospital name Upper tier local authority
BPAS Bedford Mobile Clinic Bedford
MSI Reproductive Choices Colchester Community Treatment Centre Essex
MSI Reproductive Choices Regional Treatment Centre - Essex Essex
MSI Reproductive Choices Watford Community Treatment Centre Hertfordshire
BPAS Luton Central Luton
BPAS Norwich Norfolk
BPAS Peterborough Peterborough
MSI Reproductive Choices Southend Community Treatment Centre Southend-on-Sea

London

Table 3: clinics and hospitals in London

Clinic or hospital name Upper tier local authority
MSI Reproductive Choices Dagenham Community Treatment Centre Barking and Dagenham
NUPASÌý·¡²õ²õ±ð³æ Barking and Dagenham
MSI Reproductive Choices Edgware Community Treatment Centre Barnet
NUPASÌý¹ó¾±²Ô³¦³ó±ô±ð²â Barnet
MSI Reproductive Choices Wembley Community Treatment Centre Brent
MSI Reproductive Choices Regional Treatment Centre Central London Camden
MSI Reproductive Choices Norbury Community Treatment Centre Croydon
MSI Reproductive Choices Regional Treatment Centre - West London Ealing
MSI Reproductive Choices Edmonton Community Treatment Centre Enfield
MSI Reproductive Choices Enfield Community Treatment Centre Enfield
MSI Reproductive Choices Greenwich Community Treatment Centre Greenwich
NUPAS Woolwich Greenwich
MSI Reproductive Choices Hammersmith Community Treatment Centre Hammersmith and Fulham
BPAS Finsbury Park Clinic Haringey
MSI Reproductive Choices Romford Community Treatment Centre Havering
MSI Reproductive Choices Hillingdon Community Treatment Centre Hillingdon
MSI Reproductive Choices Feltham Community Treatment Centre Hounslow
NUPASÌý³§³Ü°ù²ú¾±³Ù´Ç²Ô Kingston upon Thames
BPAS London Clapham Lambeth
MSI Reproductive Choices Regional Treatment Centre - South London Lambeth
MSI Reproductive Choices Lewisham Community Treatment Centre Lewisham
MSI Reproductive Choices Wimbledon Community Treatment Centre Merton
BPAS London East Newham
MSI Reproductive Choices Stratford Community Treatment Centre Newham
BPAS Richmond (Rosslyn Clinic) Richmond upon Thames
NUPAS Twickenham Richmond upon Thames
MSI Reproductive Choices Waterloo Community Treatment Centre Southwark
MSI Reproductive Choices Battersea Community Treatment Centre Wandsworth
NUPASÌýµþ²¹³Ù³Ù±ð°ù²õ±ð²¹ Wandsworth
MSI Reproductive Choices Putney Community Treatment Centre Wandsworth
GynaeDoctors Westminster
Mulchand Clarewell Clinic London Westminster
Portland Hospital (for Women and Children) Westminster
The Gynae Centre Westminster

North East

Table 4: clinics and hospitals in the North East

Clinic or hospital name Upper tier local authority
BPASÌý²Ñ¾±»å»å±ô±ð²õ²ú°ù´Ç³Ü²µ³ó Middlesbrough
BPASÌý±·±ð·É³¦²¹²õ³Ù±ô±ð Newcastle upon Tyne
BPAS South Shields South Tyneside

North West

Table 5: clinics and hospitals in the North West

Clinic or hospital name Upper tier local authority
MSI Reproductive Choices Blackpool Community Treatment Centre Blackpool
NUPAS Blackpool Blackpool
MSI Reproductive Choices Bolton Community Treatment Centre Bolton
NUPASÌýµþ´Ç±ô³Ù´Ç²Ô Bolton
BPASÌý°ä³ó±ð²õ³Ù±ð°ù Cheshire West and Chester
MSI Reproductive Choices North Preston Community Treatment Centre Lancashire
NUPAS Preston Lancashire
BPAS Liverpool City Liverpool
BPASÌý²Ñ±ð°ù²õ±ð²â²õ¾±»å±ð Liverpool
MSI Reproductive Choices Liverpool Community Treatment Centre Liverpool
MSI Reproductive Choices Community Treatment Centre - Manchester Central Manchester
MSI Reproductive Choices Regional Treatment Centre - Manchester Manchester
NUPASÌý²Ñ²¹²Ô³¦³ó±ð²õ³Ù±ð°ù Manchester
MSI Reproductive Choices Oldham Community Treatment Centre Oldham
MSI Reproductive Choices Rochdale Community Treatment Centre Rochdale
MSI Reproductive Choices Salford Community Treatment Centre Salford
BPAS St Helens Central St Helens
MSI Reproductive Choices Stockport Community Treatment Centre Stockport
NUPAS Stockport Stockport
BPASÌý²Ñ²¹²Ô³¦³ó±ð²õ³Ù±ð°ù East Tameside
MSI Reproductive Choices Ashton-under-Lyne Community Treatment Centre Tameside
NUPAS Tameside Tameside
BPASÌý²Ñ²¹²Ô³¦³ó±ð²õ³Ù±ð°ù West Trafford
BPASÌý°Â²¹°ù°ù¾±²Ô²µ³Ù´Ç²Ô Warrington

South East

Table 6: clinics and hospitals in the South East

Clinic or hospital name Upper tier local authority
MSI Reproductive Choices Regional Treatment Centre - Brighton Brighton and Hove
MSI Reproductive Choices Chesham Community Treatment Hub Buckinghamshire
NUPAS Aylesbury Buckinghamshire
MSI Reproductive Choices Hastings Community Treatment Centre East Sussex
BPAS Basingstoke Hampshire
MSI Reproductive Choices Aylesham Community Treatment Centre Kent
MSI Reproductive Choices Regional Treatment Centre - Maidstone Kent
BPAS Milton Keynes Milton Keynes
MSI Reproductive Choices Regional Treatment Centre - Oxford Oxfordshire
NUPAS Oxford Oxfordshire
BPAS Portsmouth Central Portsmouth
BPASÌý¸é±ð²¹»å¾±²Ô²µ Reading
MSI Reproductive Choices Reading Community Treatment Centre Reading
NUPAS Reading Reading
BPASÌý³§´Ç³Ü³Ù³ó²¹³¾±è³Ù´Ç²Ô Southampton
MSI Reproductive Choices Bognor Regis Community Treatment Centre West Sussex
MSI Reproductive Choices Crawley Community Treatment Centre West Sussex
NUPAS Maidenhead Windsor and Maidenhead

South West

Table 7: clinics and hospitals in the South West

Clinic or hospital name Upper tier local authority
BPASÌýµþ´Ç³Ü°ù²Ô±ð³¾´Ç³Ü³Ù³ó Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
MSI Reproductive Choices Bournemouth Community Treatment Centre Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
MSI Reproductive Choices Poole Community Treatment Centre Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
MSI Reproductive Choices St Austell Community Treatment Centre Cornwall
MSI Reproductive Choices Exeter Community Treatment Centre Devon
MSI Reproductive Choices Plymouth Community Treatment Centre Plymouth
BPASÌý°Õ²¹³Ü²Ô³Ù´Ç²Ô Somerset
MSI Reproductive Choices Treatment Centre Bristol South Gloucestershire
BPASÌý³§·É¾±²Ô»å´Ç²Ô Swindon
MSI Reproductive Choices Paignton Community Treatment Centre Torbay
MSI Reproductive Choices Westbury Community Treatment Centre Wiltshire

West Midlands

Table 8: clinics and hospitals in the West Midlands

Clinic or hospital name Upper tier local authority
BPAS Birmingham Central Birmingham
BPAS Birmingham South Birmingham
Mulchand Clarewell Clinic Birmingham Birmingham
BPASÌý°ä´Ç±¹±ð²Ô³Ù°ù²â Coventry
BPAS Dudley Dudley
MSI Reproductive Choices Merry Hill (Dudley) Community Treatment Hub Dudley
BPASÌý³§²¹²Ô»å·É±ð±ô±ô Sandwell
MSI Reproductive Choices Regional Treatment Centre - West Midlands Solihull
Midlands Ultrasound and Medical Services Limited Solihull
MSI Reproductive Choices Stafford Community Treatment Centre Staffordshire
MSI Reproductive Choices Tamworth Community Treatment Centre Staffordshire
NUPAS Burton Staffordshire
NUPAS Cannock Staffordshire
NUPASÌý³§³Ù´Ç°ì±ð Staffordshire
BPAS Telford Telford and Wrekin
BPAS Walsall Walsall
BPAS Head Office Warwickshire
BPASÌý±·³Ü²Ô±ð²¹³Ù´Ç²Ô Warwickshire
BPASÌý³§³Ù°ù²¹³Ù´Ú´Ç°ù»å-±«±è´Ç²Ô-´¡±¹´Ç²Ô Warwickshire
BPAS Wolverhampton Wolverhampton

Yorkshire and the Humber

Table 9: clinics and hospitals in Yorkshire and the Humber

Clinic or hospital name Upper tier local authority
MSI Reproductive Choices Barnsley Community Treatment Centre Barnsley
BPAS Bradford Bradford
MSI Reproductive Choices Bradford Community Treatment Centre Bradford
BPASÌý¶Ù´Ç²Ô³¦²¹²õ³Ù±ð°ù Doncaster
MSI Reproductive Choices Doncaster Community Treatment Centre Doncaster
City Health Care Partnership Hull
MSI Reproductive Choices Batley Community Treatment Centre Kirklees
MSI Reproductive Choices Huddersfield Community Treatment Centre Kirklees
NUPAS Huddersfield Kirklees
BPAS Leeds City Leeds
MSI Reproductive Choices Regional Treatment Centre - West Yorkshire Leeds
NUPAS Leeds Leeds
MSI Reproductive Choices South Yorkshire Regional Treatment Centre Rotherham
MSI Reproductive Choices Sheffield Community Treatment Centre Sheffield
MSI Reproductive Choices Wakefield Community Treatment Centre Wakefield
BPASÌý³Û´Ç°ù°ì York
MSI Reproductive Choices York Community Treatment Centre York