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2003
01-12-2003: HFEA Issues Guidance on Egg Giving
Following a review, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has decided to write to all licensed clinics telling them not to practise egg giving. The review was in response to a number of enquiries and expressions of concern from patients and clinics.
24-11-2003: Health Minister announces new HFEA Members
Health Minister Melanie Johnson today announced the appointment of two new Members to the HFEA and the reappointment of five existing Members.
14-11-2003: HFEA publishes twelfth Annual Report and Accounts
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has published its twelfth Annual Report and Accounts which were laid before Parliament this week.
12-11-2003: HFEA announces sex selection recommendations
The HFEA today announced recommendations to Government that sex selection techniques involving sperm sorting should be regulated in the UK, and that the current policy of only allowing sex selection to avoid serious sex-linked disorders should continue.
17-10-2003: PRESS RELEASE
Dr Dalziel and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have reached agreement in an out of Court settlement.
15-10-2003: HFEA does not allow donated eggs from deceased women
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has confirmed that it does not allow eggs to be donated from deceased women.
01-10-2003: Court ruling on storage of embryos: Hadley & Evans
The HFEA welcomes the judgement made today which confirms that effective consent must be given by both the man providing the sperm and the woman providing the eggs to allow storage of their embryos for IVF treatment.
18-09-2003: HFEA welcomes Deceased Fathers Bill
The HFEA welcomes the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Bill which allows a man to consent to his name being recorded on the birth certificate of a child born as a result of fertility treatment undertaken after his death.
10-09-2003: IVF and follow-up studies
The HFEA holds data on babies born through assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and this data is available in an anonymised form for research purposes. By law, the HFEA is not allowed to give out information which would identify people conceived through IVF. However, the HFEA recognises the importance of long-term studies and allows researchers access to clinics so that patients who are willing can take part in follow-up research.
22-08-2003: Reported IVF error at the Wellington Hospital
Since the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority was set up in 1991, all clinics that provide treatment involving the use of stored or donated eggs and sperm or embryos created outside the body are licensed by the HFEA.
20-08-2003: HFEA clarifies situation on sperm screening in the UK
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has clarified that proper screening of donated sperm requires it to be stored and quarantined, and that such sperm storage is only legal in HFEA licensed clinics.
24-07-2003: New Chief Executive to lead HFEA modernisation strategy
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Angela McNab as Chief Executive.
22-07-2003: HFEA to review egg giving
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has announced it is undertaking a review of the egg donation arrangement known as egg giving.
01-07-2003: HFEA confirms legal position on use of fetal ovarian tissue
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has confirmed that the use of fetal ovarian tissue in fertility treatment is currently banned in the UK.
12-06-2003: Health Minister announces new member of the HFEA
Health Minister Hazel Blears today announced the appointment of a new member to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
09-06-2003: HFEA grants Roslin's first licence for human embryo research
The Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA) has granted a licence to the Roslin Institute so that they can improve the technology to produce and maintain human embryonic stem cells in culture.
05-06-2003: New national alert system for IVF clinics
The HFEA is introducing an Incident Alert System to warn clinics about any incident which could have an adverse effect on patient care and staff safety. It will be the duty of the Person Responsible in each clinic to check their equipment or procedures and take avoiding action so that mistakes are not repeated.09-05-2003: HIV and IVF
A very small number of clinics are helping HIV positive people to have a baby without passing on the infection to their child.
09-05-2003: HFEA expresses concern over unregulated sperm donation services
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has expressed concern over the lack of adequate screening and potentially misleading legal advice from web-based fresh sperm donation services.
08-04-2003: Court of Appeal allows tissue typing for human embryos under strict conditions
The HFEA welcomes the Court of Appeals decision to allow tissue typing in the course of IVF where the embryo is already being tested for serious genetic disease
13-03-2003: House Of Lords reject challenge to Therapeutic Cloning
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority today said it was satisfied that a challenge, through judicial review in the House of Lords, to regulations passed in 2001 to allow ´cloned' human cells to develop embryos for stem cell research had been rejected.
03-02-2003: Following the announcement that a 58 year old woman had given birth to an IVF baby
Following reports of a 58 year old woman giving birth after IVF treatment, the HFEA spokeswoman Ann Furedi said:
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