PCT Commissioners’ Fertility Conference

Agenda
09.30   Registration & Coffee
10.00 Welcome - Sally Cheshire, Chair of the Expert Group on Commissioning Fertility Treatment
10.15 Keynote Speech - Public Health Minister - Rt Honourable Gillian Merron MP Minister of State for Public Health
10.40 Scene Setting - Sally Cheshire, Chair of the Expert Group on Commissioning Fertility Treatment & Clare Lewis-Jones, Chief Executive, Infertility Network UK
10.50 Presentation of the Commissioning Guide - followed by discussion with the Expert Group
11.30 Refreshment Break
11.45 The Experience of a Specialised Commissioning Group - Veronica Watson, Deputy Chief Operating Officer - Neil Wilson, Procurement Advisor, East of England Specialised Commissioning Group
12.30 The Development of a National Tariff for IVF - Peter Taylor, Project Manager, National Tariff for Regulated Fertility Services
12.40 Buffet lunch
13.30 Access Criteria for IVF - Findings of Infertility Network UK project to standardise access criteria - Clare Lewis-Jones
13.50 Reviewing the NICE Clinical Guideline on Fertility Treatment - Dr Tim Stokes - Medical Associate Director, Centre for Clinical Practice
14.00 Sector Developments and Single Embryo Transfer - Professor Lisa Jardine CBE, Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority & Mr. Tony Rutherford, Chair of the British Fertility Society
14.30 Close
Please note that this programme is subject to change