Members from:

Trade or HFEA employee	Proof of status from employer (mandatory)
Legal	Solicitor’s Registration Authority ID or Barrister’s Practising Certificate number (mandatory)

All registered medical professionals should join this category if they are wholly or partly working as a clinician in Reproductive Medicine. This would include clinicians studying for an MD or PhD as part of their daily work and clinical psychologists.

Members from:

Medical Doctor	GMC number or overseas equivalent (mandatory)
Psychologist	Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC

Professionals can join this category if they are wholly or partly working as a counsellors or sociologists in Reproductive Medicine.

Members from:

Counsellor

Registration with one of the below is mandatory Accredited/registered member of ACC, BACP, BICA, BPC, BPS, BASRT, BABCP, COSRT, COSCA, HGI, IACP, UKCP, UKRCP. UKAHPP

 

Anyone working wholly in a managerial role within a centre should join this category regardless of their professional background. This could include Business Managers or Quality Managers

Management

Proof of status in a HFEA (or equivalent) registered clinic (mandatory)

All State Registered Nurses working wholly or partly within a clinic should join this category.  This category could also include nurses working in an academic setting undertaking teaching or research roles.

Members from:

Nurse

NMC or other professional identifier (mandatory)

 

Ultrasonographer

For ultrasonographers working in Fertility care in regulated professions allied to medicine.

Individuals who have refugee status. Applicants must include written proof of their status. Members in this category will need to revalidate with proof of status annually on renewal.

All individuals who are now retired and unwaged should join this category regardless of their prior professional background.
Retirement status proof required.

This category may include Andrologists or Embryologists working in a treatment centre in addition to researchers and academic psychologists working in an academic setting.

Members from:

Clinical Scientist – Embryologist	HCPC registration or equivalent (mandatory)
Clinical Scientist – Andrologist	HCPC registration or equivalent (mandatory)
Research scientist/academic	Proof of academic (not honorary) role (mandatory)

Individuals who are studying full time for an academic qualification for which they are in receipt of a grant or bursary should join this category. This does not include those studying part-time whilst working in another role (e.g. MD students). Applicants for this category of membership must include written proof of their student status.

Student members will need to change their membership category once they qualify