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BFS Press Releases, Responses and Statements

2012

  
Jan 2012 New research predicts miscarriage from foetal growth
Jan 2012 Babies born from frozen embryos are heavier and have longer gestation periods than those from fresh embryos
Jan 2012 Surrogacy does not have a negative effect on the surrogate’s own children

 

2011

  
Oct 2011 BFS response to study in Human Reproduction on the risk of ovarian tumours following IVF treatment
Sep 2011 BFS response to paper in Nature Communications on in vitro production of fertile sperm from stem cells
Aug 2011 BFS responses study in Nature Communications on predicting the success of fertilisation in mouse eggs
Aug 2011 British Fertility Society response to Cell study on the creation of sperm and birth of live offspring from mouse embryonic stem cells
Jul 2011 British Fertility Society response to the announcement of a new "IVF lottery"
Jun 2011 British Fertility Society response to the report “Holding back the British IVF revolution?”
May 2011 British Fertility Society response to a column arguing that the NHS should not fund IVF treatments
Jan 2011 British Fertility Society response to HFEA launch of public consultation on sperm and egg donation

2010

  
Oct 2010 Elliot Philipp
Oct 2010 BFS response to the scope of the NICE fertility review
Oct 2010 British Fertility Society statement on the award of the Nobel Prize for Medicine 2010 to Robert Edwards for the development of IVF
Sep 2010 British Fertility Society calls for more research into effects of Chlamydia on fertility
Aug 2010 British Fertility Society condemns Warrington PCT's decision to stop funding IVF treatment
Jun 2010 British Fertility Society response to study on people travelling abroad for fertility treatment due to donor shortages
Jun 2010 British Fertility Society response to ESHRE press release "Overweight women undertaking ART twice as likely to miscarry as their slimmer counterparts"
Jun 2010 British Fertility Society response to ESHRE press release "Researchers develop accurate way to predict the age when women will hit the menopause"
Apr 2010

British Fertility Society comment on pronuclear transfer as a new technique to prevent transmission of mitochondrial DNA disease, as published in the journal Nature
Mar 2010 British Fertility Society issues new guidelines on the use of acupuncture and herbal medicine in fertility treatment
Feb 2010

British Fertility Society comment on new research into the risk of stillbirth following IVF/ICSI, as published in the journal Human Reproduction

2009

  
Dec 2009 British Fertility Society statement following the Hampton Review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) by the Better Regulation Executive
Nov 2009 New clinical guidelines for egg freezing in the UK
Oct 2009 British Fertility Society statement on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
Jan 2009

New guidelines for screening of sperm, egg and embryo donors in the UK

2008

  
Nov 2008

British Fertility Society calls for national infrastructure to improve sperm donor recruitment in the UK
Sep 2008 New guidelines for elective single embryo transfer in IVF treatment
Jul 2008 IVF 30th anniversary survey - Fertility experts call for more clinical trials
Jun 2008 British Fertility Society issues new guidelines on the use of preimplantation genetic screening
May 2008

British Fertility Society response to the House of Commons vote on "The Need for a Father"
May 2008 British Fertility Society response to the House of Commons vote on interspecies embryos and saviour siblings
May 2008 BFS briefing on confidentiality and disclosure of information provisions in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill
Feb 2008 Sperm donation services

2007

  
Dec 2007 BFS response to the HFEA calls for national strategy to reduce multiple births
Nov 2007 BFS issues new guidelines on the effect of obesity on female reproductive health
Aug 2007 Jean Cohen
Jul 2007 Anne McLaren
Jun 2007 British Fertility Society response to the judicial review ruling on the HFEA and Mohammed Taranissi case
May 2007 British Fertility Society response to the release of the Human Tissues and Embryos (draft) Bill
May 2007 BFS response on Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
May 2007 Standards in the Care of the Infertile
May 2007 Sir George Pinker
Apr 2007 BFS response to HFEA press release on latest figures for sperm donor recruitment
Apr 2007 British Fertility Society Response to the White Paper on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
Apr 2007 BFS Statement on ECHR judgement on Natallie Evans case
Apr 2007 Multiple Births in the United Kingdom - A consensus statement
Feb 2007 British Fertility Society Statement on Egg Donation
Feb 2007 Regulation of Assisted Reproduction in the UK
Jan 2007 British Fertility Society Statement on Reproductive Immunotherapy
Jan 2007 BFS Response to BBC Panorama Programme

2006

  
Dec 2006 BFS response to the DoH review of the HFEA Act
Dec 2006 BFS response to HFEA Inspection report
Sep 2006 BFS statement in response to BBC's survey on the availability of donor sperm in the UK
Sep 2006 Results of BFS Gamete Donor Survey
Aug 2006 BFS Statement on Fertility, Obesity and Social Values
Aug 2006 BFS statement on social criteria for NHS funding of fertility treatment
Aug 2006 BFS statement on IVF Safety
Jun 2006 National Infertility Day

2005

  
Oct 2005 Fertility professionals response to the SEED review
Aug 2005 British Fertility Society response to the review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
May 2005 The British Fertility Society welcomes the publication of the HFEA’s Guide to Fertility
Mar 2005 Fertility professionals’ response to Science and Technology Committee’s report on Human Reproductive Technologies and the Law
Jan 2005 Fertility specialists say fertility services remain 'patchy and partial'. NHS must act now to end inequity for infertile couples
Jan 2005 Fertility specialists welcome sperm and egg donor campaign but call for more action in time for change in law in April 2005

2004

  
Nov 2004 British Fertility Society response to donor anonymity paper in Human Reproduction
Jul 2004 BFS responds to HFEA's 'saviour siblings' policy change
Apr 2004 Viagra may affect Fertility
Mar 2004 How cannabis can affect sperm to reduce fertility
Mar 2004 'The Snip' may have irreversible effects on sperm
Mar 2004 IVF women more fertile in lighter months
Feb 2004 Fertility specialists welcome NICE guidelines
Jan 2004 Removal of anonymity of sperm, egg and embryo donors
Jan 2004 UK study shows 29% drop in sperm concentration
Jan 2004 Donation of embryos for stem cell research

2003

  
Nov 2003 Fertility Doctors response to HFEA report on Sex Selection
Aug 2003 Fertility Specialists back warnings on human reproductive cloning
Aug 2003 BFS response to NICE provisional guidance on fertility services
Jul 2003 IVF Comes of Age
Feb 2003 BFS Response to High Court Ruling in Leeds IVF mix-up case
Feb 2003 BFS statement on withdrawal of Metrodin HP
Jan 2003 BFS Statement on retinoblastoma in IVF babies
Jan 2003 BFS Statement on genetic imprinting disorder in IVF babies

2002

  
Aug 2002 Publication of consultation document on donor anonymity and British Fertility Society's response
Jul 2002 BFS statement on the Parliament Select Committee report on IVF treatment

2001

  
Aug 2001 HFEA reduces maximum number of embryos transferred in single IVF treatment from three to two.
Jul 2001 Sex Selection

2000

  
May 2000 BFS Positioning Statement on the Subject of: Transplantation of Ovarian Tissue
May 2000 Rationing fertility services in the NHS: A Policy Statement
- Loss of Frozen Embryos
- Stem Cell Research
- The Case of the 62 year old woman giving birth in France.