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Who We Are

  • BICA is the only professional association for infertility counsellors and counselling in the UK
  • BICA seeks to promote the highest standards of counselling for those considering or undergoing fertility investigations and treatment..
  • BICA offers a variety of training and education services to its members
  • BICA is committed to the total well-being of people with fertility problems before, during and after treatment and of those who choose not to undergo any kind of medical intervention

    • Based at 111 Harley Street, London, WIG 6AW. see Executive Officers

    The Association was founded in 1988 for infertility counsellors with a membership drawn from a variety of professions including counsellors, psychologists, nurses, social workers etc.It was established to represent the interests, views and needs of members actively involved counselling people with fertility issues and of professionals in related research. It seeks to address the many practical, social, psychological and ethical issues around the treatment of assisted conception. BICA is also committed to improving the educational opportunities and training of Infertility Counsellors.

    The Association is a registered Charity with its own constitution and guidelines for practice. We expect our members to adhere to the BACP Ethical Framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy or other professional Code of Ethics. Administered by an elected Executive Committee and supporting regional groups it is financed through annual membership subscriptions and sponsorship.

    Mission Statement

    BICA aims to encourage and facilitate its members to provide the highest standards of counselling support to people affected by fertility issues.

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    Professionals Come Together To Reduce Risk Of Multiple Pregnancy

    Doctors, embryologists, nurses, other clinical staff, patient groups and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) have come together to launch a new national strategy to reduce the number of multiple pregnancies – the single biggest health risk of fertility treatment.

    Focusing initially on IVF, the strategy will aim to reduce the rate of multiple births from the national average of 24 per cent of all IVF births to 10 per cent over three years. In the first year (from January 2009), all clinics will be expected not to exceed the 24 per cent maximum.  read more »

    

    BICA Executive Officers

    BICA Executive

    Chair

    Mollie Graneek Mollie.Graneek@ukonline.co.uk

    Membership Secretary

    Sue Bedigan sue.bedigan@ghnt.nhs.uk

    Treasurer

    Janet Owen jowen.avantgroupltd@tiscali.co.uk

    Journal Editor

    Helen Allan H.Allan@surrey.ac.uk

    Executive member
    Olga van den Akker o.vandenakker@mdx.ac.uk

    Scottish rep/Publications

    Isobel O’Neill isobeloneill@ntlworld.com  read more »

    BICA Training

     

    Parliamentary Briefing on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill April 2008

    BICA welcomes the review of the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act and the government’s decision to maintain a dedicated regulatory body for assisted conception services.

    We also welcome the opportunity to comment on aspects of the Bill of most relevance to our area of expertise.

    The legal requirement that counselling must be offered routinely to people considering treatment services or becoming donors

    BICA fully supports the government’s decision to retain the counselling provisions set out in the HF&E Act 1990 for the reasons outlined in the attached document below:

    

    BFS Summer College

    2 Sep 2008 - 09:00
    6 Sep 2008 - 17:00
    Etc/GMT

    At Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool. For information or to register your interest contact Lizy Jones on 01454 642217 bfs@bioscientifica.com





    

    Guidelines for Good Practice - Revised

    This 44 page document has just been updated (05/07) and is available here in PDF format or at http://bica.net/about-policies-listing.
    It covers areas such as What is counselling?, Good quality of care
    Regulatory framework, Counselling for infertility And assisted conception, Gamete / embryo donation, egg-sharing Or surrogacy, Pgd, pgd/hla & other genetic counselling and Qualifications, training & accreditation.

    

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