Advisory Board
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Reflecting on positive changes throughout 2023 at The Agora Clinic with Medical Director Carole Gilling-Smith
Reading Time: 5 minutes Article written by Dr Carole Gilling-Smith Reflecting on 2023 fills me with a great deal of emotion. All praise to my team of doctors, nurses, scientists, and admin staff…
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Government Update! A little update from Wes and Mike…
Reading Time: < 1 minute We wanted to update you all with regards to yesterday’s meeting at The Houses of Parliament that Wes and I attended related to the APPG Surrogacy Law Reform…
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My Surrogacy Journey Foundation – what’s the vision?
Reading Time: 3 minutes When My Surrogacy Journey first began to support a new way of family building in 2017 the vision was very clear, we wanted to provide a service to people…
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Gay Family Building over 25 Years – The Changes I’ve Seen: How has family building for the LGBTQ+ community evolved?
Reading Time: 4 minutes We caught up with Guy Ringler MD of California Fertility Partners in Los Angeles to talk about the changing landscape of family building and how he has witnessed continued…
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SKO Law – our thoughts on the latest Law reform
Reading Time: 6 minutes Are we one step closer to the new surrogacy law in the UK? The much anticipated, five years in the making joint Report of the Law Commission of England…
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Dr Gilling-Smith’s viewpoint on the final draft bill
Reading Time: 3 minutes As the Medical Director and HFEA Person Responsible of an IVF clinic which sees many intended parents (IPs) and surrogates (The Agora Clinic in Brighton), I am confident that…
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What is the future of UK Surrogacy now we have the final draft bill?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Like most reading this article, this week’s news of the final draft bill being received was a huge occasion. Let’s face it, we’ve been waiting long enough. If you…
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Introducing our Clinical Lead – Debbie Evans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Debbie Evans RGN Clinical Lead and Fertility Nurse Consultant I started my career in nursing in 1982 and have been fortunate to be a part of, and witness many…
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Meet the Surrogacy Team beside the seaside!
Reading Time: 4 minutes The ethos of The Agora Clinic is to ensure all individuals and couples, whatever their gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity are celebrated, educated and professionally supported throughout their parenting…
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I like my families like I like my cigars, Cuban!
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to another guest blog from our specialist guest writer Zaina Mahmoud, Researcher at London Womens Clinic. An interesting viewpoint on a new family code that could Same sex…
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Can we forget about Covid or is it still relevant in the surrogacy journey?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Even though masks are no longer mandatory and enforced isolation a thing of the past, Covid remains ever present. But how does that affect the world of reproductive medicine?…
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Changing the narrative on Modern Parenting
Reading Time: 6 minutes With 50% of our Intended Parent Membership from the LGBTQ community, and Brighton Pride 2019 a distant memory, we wanted a blog that would set the tone of what…