Overview & Introduction
Alka Prakash, Chair
More people than ever before are creating families using donor gametes. This is a very important part of fertility provision and often captures public imaginations due to limited availability and regulatory provision around the use of donor gametes. This study day is aimed to highlight the complexities of modern families including the regulatory changes that have led to the evolution of such treatments. It also highlights the clinical and legal aspects associated with creating such families, the importance of counselling and some commonly encountered issues. It would benefit any staff (doctors and fertility nurse specialists) involved in providing or planning to provide this service. This study day is now available as a BFS Certificated Module.
03 June 2019
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:40 – 08:50 | Welcome | |
| 08:50 – 09:30 | The changing face of the modern family | Vasanti Jadva |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Regulation and legal aspects in the use of donor gametes | James Lawford Davies |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Cross Border Fertility Care | Rachel Cutting |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Treating single women and same sex female couples | Alka Prakash |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Eggs and Embryos: donation and sharing | Jane Stewart |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Surrogacy (reasons for and outcomes) | Jan Grace |
| 13:30 – 13:55 | Adoption- Adoption Society | |
| 13:55 – 14:15 | Patient Perspective | Rhona Brown |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Legal aspects of surrogacy | Louisa Ghevaert |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | The role of counselling in contemporary family creation | Suzanne Dark |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Fertility and gender reassignment | James Barrett |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Closing remarks and questions |