HFEA.gov.uk uses cookies to deliver content and make improvements to the website. Accept Configure Menu toggle Working with others We listen to, and learn from, those with an interest in what we do and speak to them before making key decisions. One of the ways we do this is through regular engagement with different stakeholders – learn more about each of them on this page. Click to show and hide content Patient Organisation Stakeholder Group (POSG) Recently we expanded the membership of the Patient Organisation Stakeholder Group (POSG) previously named AFPO (the Association of Fertility Patient Organisations. The new stakeholder group is made up of individuals who represent an established patient group, community, or charity or consider themselves a key voice who works closely with a specific patient group or speaks on behalf of patients. The group meet twice a year - autumn/winter and spring/summer. The organisations represented on the group are: BPAS Fertility Brilliant Beginnings Chana Cysters Donor Conceived Register (DCR) Donor Conception Network (DCN) Endometriosis UK Fertility Network UK (FNUK) IVF Babble LGBT Mummies Tribe Multiple Births Foundation Progress Educational Trust (PET) Stonewall Surrogacy UK The Fertility Podcast TTC Support UK, Yorkshire Fertility Support Group Verity Your Fertility Journey ; Click to show and hide content Licensed Centres Panel The panel includes 32 staff from fertility clinics and human embryo research centres across the UK, including doctors, nurses, managers, counsellors, scientists and researchers. We meet with them three times a year to bounce ideas off one another, get their thoughts on our current thinking, share experiences and work together to make improvements. Click to show and hide content Professional Stakeholder Group (PSG) This group brings together representatives from professional groups across the fertility sector twice a year, including: ARCS BICA British Fertility Society British Medical Association (BMA) Multiple Births Foundation Project Group on Assisted Reproduction (PROGAR) Royal College of Nursing Senior Infertility Nurses Group RCOG ; Review date: 8 November 2023 Send to a friend Print this page Follow us on Twitter Opens in new window Get in touch Facebook Opens in new window Get information Find a Clinic Treatment options Donors and donation Fertility preservation About the HFEA News and press releases Privacy, cookies and accessibility Accessibility statement Freedom of information Complaints Work for us For clinics Clinic Portal Applying for a clinic licence Applying for a research licence PGT-M conditions Research and data Our data Guide to the anonymised register Research publications