The HFEA (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority) govern and regulate all fertility treatments that take place in licensed fertility centres throughout the UK. The code of practice has recently been updated and we are awaiting the official issue of the 9th edition so that we can implement this into our clinical practice. There are a … Continue reading Surrogacy UK Code of Practice update
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Fertility regulator calls for clinics to be more open about treatment add-ons
The HFEA, the UK fertility regulator, has called for a change in how patients are offered optional fertility treatment add-ons. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and 10 of the leading professional and patient fertility groups have agreed how treatment add-ons should be offered ethically in clinical practice in the UK in a consensus … Continue reading Fertility regulator calls for clinics to be more open about treatment add-ons
Surrogacy UK welcomes individuals who want to start families
Surrogacy UK welcomes individuals who want to start families as UK Parliament votes to end three decades of discrimination. Parliament voted last night to allow individuals to become the legal parents of children born through surrogacy in the UK. This ends discrimination against single parents that has existed since laws enabling surrogacy were introduced in 1985. Surrogacy UK … Continue reading Surrogacy UK welcomes individuals who want to start families
A very special Christmas card…
This weekend we received our first Christmas card…nothing unusual about that at this time of year right? Except this is a Christmas card that, a few years ago, it didn’t occur to me I would receive! Let me explain… It was this time 2 years ago that I ‘dropped the bombshell’ to my husband that … Continue reading A very special Christmas card…
A day in the life of Surrogacy UK’s Admin Manager
Someone once commented to me that my role was ‘just answering a few emails and making ‘The Call’ every once in a while, wasn’t it?’ so I thought I’d share what it is I do on a typical day for Surrogacy UK. 8.30am – Monday morning and an early start today straight after the school … Continue reading A day in the life of Surrogacy UK’s Admin Manager
Research findings from a longitudinal study of surrogacy families in the UK
Around the year 2000, a group of researchers, headed by Professor Susan Golombok, began a study of families created using surrogacy. I have worked on the project from its beginnings, when children in the study were one year old infants. Since then, our team has revisited the families five times and last saw them when … Continue reading Research findings from a longitudinal study of surrogacy families in the UK