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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 UK's largest fertility provider, the CARE Fertility Group's 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 Ambassador Natalie Silverman, who runs the Fertility Podcast, said: 'I and others in the industry are ...

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 Rigshospitalet's Juliane Marie Centre in Copenhagen) Dr Sebastiaan Mastenbroek (Senior Clinical Embryologist at Amsterdam UMC's Centre for Reproductive Medicine) Dr Carrie Williams (Clinical Paediatrician and NIHR Research Fellow at University College London's Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) Find out more about the speakers and chair here. This e...

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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 an expert look at whether COVID-19 affects fertility, and the health of a developing fetus. The fi...

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 London's EGA Institute for Women's 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 into its second national lockdown the Progress Educational Trust (PET), the charity that publish...