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Concerns over no baby, no fee programmes Campaigners have requested increased oversight over no baby, no fee funding programmes offered by IVF clinics.  The SAFE campaign, made up of fertility professionals, patients and finance brokers, was launched in response to the UKs largest fertility provider, the CARE Fertility Groups new CAREpay packages which allow patients to access a full refund if their treatment is unsuccessful after a set number of cycles or within a set timeframe. SAFE Ambassad...

The COVID Vaccine: A Shot in the Arm for Fertility Treatment? Appeared in BioNews 1082 The rollout of COVID vaccination programmes has brought with it a renewed hope of a return to normality but has also raised questions about the impact of vaccination on fertility treatment and pregnancy. To help explain and clarify the advice to fertility patients and clinicians, and to fight misinformation spreading online, the Progress Educational Trust (PET) – the charity that publishes BioNew – held ...

The Health of IVF Babies: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Find Out? Progress Educational Trust 23 February 2021 5.30pm-7pm (GMT) A today ( 5.30pm- The event will be chaired by Professor Anja Bisgaard Pinborg (Chief Consultant at Rigshospitalets Juliane Marie Centre in Copenhagen) Dr Sebastiaan Mastenbroek (Senior Clinical Embryologist at Amsterdam UMCs Centre for Reproductive Medicine) Dr Carrie Williams (Clinical Paediatrician and NIHR Research Fellow at University College Londons Great...

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An All-Consuming Problem? How to Protect Patients in the Fertility Market Appeared in BioNews 1079 The UK Governments Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has drafted consumer law guidance for fertility clinics, due to come into effect in the spring of 2021. The purpose of the guidance is to help providers of fertility treatment in the UK to understand and comply with their obligations under consumer law. The CMA is seeking responses to the draft guidance from interested parties. This is an ...

Couples desperate for a baby are being sold pricey and possibly unsafe IVF add-ons with no warning they may not work, a study has found. An investigation into 87 fertility clinics in the UK found two thirds offered a technique called time-lapse imaging, which costs up to £795. This is despite a fertility regulator warning there is insufficient evidence it improves the chances of having a baby. Another procedure called assisted hatching was used by more than a quarter of clinics, costing up to ...

Correlation and Causation: What Can Genetics and Genomics Tell Us about COVID-19? Appeared in BioNews 1077 Session three of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) annual conference explored the genetic and genomic links to susceptibility to severe COVID-19. Sarah Norcross, director at PET, opened the session with the unfortunate news that one of the speakers – Dr Kári Stefánsson – was unable to participate in the session due to illness. The session was chaired by Dr Roger Highfield, science...

Examining the Evidence: Can COVID-19 Affect Fertility? Can It Affect the Fetus? Appeared in BioNews 1077 While the COVID-19 pandemic has been sweeping through the world, people have tried to carry on with their lives as much as possible. For many people this includes expanding their families, or undergoing fertility treatment. The second session at the Progress Educational Trust conference Fertility, Genomics and COVID-19, chaired by Fiona Fox, chief executive of the Science Media Centre, cast ...

FILM: Lessons from Lockdown - How to Improve Support for Fertility Patients This film documents the Progress Educational Trust event Lessons from Lockdown: How to Improve Support for Fertility Patients. The event was produced in partnership with University College Londons EGA Institute for Womens Health, with sponsorship from CooperSurgical. (If you cannot see the film below, click here to view it.) Introduction 0:14:44 - 0:27:12 0:37:48 Discussion SOURCES & REFERENCES On the day England went ...

FILM: IVF Success - What Makes Scotland Special? IVF Success: What Makes Scotland Special?, produced in partnership with the Scottish Government. (If you cannot see the film below, click here to view it.) Introduction 0:04:32 0:39:56 SOURCES & REFERENCES 22 March 2021 - by Jennifer Frosch  Ministers should consider increasing the number of IVF cycles provided by the NHS, according to a report commissioned by the Scottish Government... 22 November 2020 - by Ana Hallgarten  The most recent even...