This film documents the PET event 'Understanding Egg Donation: The Give and Take', supported by London Egg Bank.
If you can't see the film embedded above, you can watch it on YouTube.
| Introduction | |
| 0:00:00 | Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust |
| Presentations | |
| 0:01:11 | Dr Jane Stewart Former Chair, British Fertility Society |
| 0:10:10 | Professor Nicky Hudson Professor of Medical Sociology, Loughborough University |
| 0:23:58 | Angela Pericleous-Smith Chair, British Infertility Counselling Association |
| 0:38:52 | Sophie Cook Donor-conceived person, conceived with an egg from an anonymous donor |
| 0:47:49 | Professor Mark Hanson Emeritus Professor of Human Development and Health, University of Southampton |
| Discussion | |
| 0:58:03 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
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- Accessing Fertility Treatment: Challenges and Solutions for LGBTQ+ Communities, taking place online on Wednesday 10 June 2026 – register here.
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