This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses technologies and approaches that helped fertility patients and practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that are still proving useful now.

The discussion is chaired by Sarah Norcross (Director of PET), with contributions from:

⚫ Dr Ashleigh Holt-Kentwell (Clinical Research Fellow at Aberdeen Fertility Centre)

⚫ Ciara Heatherwick (Specialist Nurse at Glasgow Royal Infirmary)

⚫ Lesley Benzie (Fertility Counsellor at Glasgow Royal Infirmary)

⚫ Alison Elliot (Fertility Counsellor at Glasgow Royal Infirmary)

⚫ George Hughes (Lead Clinical Embryologist at Ninewells Hospital's Assisted Conception Unit)

⚫ Dave Wales (Quality Manager at the Edinburgh Fertility Centre)

Fertility treatment was – like many other areas of healthcare – drastically disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, causing difficulties for patients and professionals alike.

However, the pandemic also prompted creative solutions and novel approaches, some of which are still proving useful now.

In this discussion, a cross-section of fertility professionals – a Clinical Research Fellow, a Specialist Nurse, two Fertility Counsellors, a Clinical Embryologist and a Quality Manager – discuss what has been learned from the pandemic, and the scope for further innovation.

PET is grateful to the Scottish Government for supporting this discussion.

PET is also grateful to Jon Nicoll, who created the opening and closing music for its podcast.

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