Statement responding to the Hampton Review of the HFEA
03 December 2009
Alan Doran, Chief Executive of the HFEA said:
"We welcome the Hampton Review Report. Overall this has been a positive experience for the HFEA. We put our clinics through rigorous inspection and expect them to respond constructively. This time it was our turn and we will look closely at what the review team have to say.
“We are pleased that the review team found areas of our work to commend. We accept that there are areas for improvement, some of which we have already started work on.
“Since the review in April, we have made great strides with our ongoing change programme and, alongside implementation of the new HFE Act, we have made a number of improvements.
“We are introducing a new risk based compliance cycle which will roll out over the next few months. We have streamlined our licensing process by introducing an executive licensing panel to approve straightforward licence applications.
“We will look at what further areas for improvements there might be at our meeting in January. “
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