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A new partnership between the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) and Weston College has created an apprenticeship route which enable trainees to qualify as Assistant Practitioners while they learn ‘on the job’ what it takes to work in the specialist field of fertility treatment.
A recent surrogacy case in which an intended mother struggled to gain a parental order for her child when the intended father suddenly died, has highlighted significant gaps in fertility law according to a specialist lawyer.
A new online women’s magazine, Emme, which focuses on how to take better control of the menopause is being launched next month and aims to ‘break the silence’ that still surrounds the approach to and experience of menopause.
Guidance issued this month by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) offers some reassurance to expectant mothers that Coronavirus may not represent a significant risk to them or their unborn child, has been welcomed by the team at the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM).
As the date nears for the birth of her second IVF baby after treatment at the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Karen Marks says despite the anxieties of the lockdown she’s enjoying every step of the journey.
The world’s first free global virtual fertility expo has been launched to help couples seeking help and support with fertility treatment and trying for a baby.
A new collaboration has been formed to provide help and support online for people in the LGBTQ+ community who want to start a family.
Following this week’s decision by the fertility regulator, the HFEA, allowing fertility clinics to apply to recommence routine treatments, the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) has been named as one of the first clinics nationwide permitted to resume operations.
A public consultation just launched by the Department of Health and Social Care into whether the UK’s current 10-year time limit on storing frozen eggs and sperm should be extended has been welcomed by fertility experts at the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
