Sarah Norcross
Commissioning Editor
Sarah Norcross is Commissioning Editor of BioNews and Director of the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). She is also a Member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's National Donation Strategy Group, the Education, Engagement and Training Working Group of the UK Government's Human Genomics Strategy Group, the National Infertility Awareness Campaign's Committee, the National Gamete Donation Trust's Advisory Council, the Association of Fertility Patient Organisations, Transnational Reproduction's Research Advisory Group, and the Advisory Group for the project Assessing Child Welfare under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act: The New Law at the University of Kent's Centre for Parenting Culture Studies. She was previously a Member of the National Genetics Education and Development Centre's Steering Group.
Sarah chaired and coordinated the steering group of clinicians, scientists, patient support groups and medical research charities which fed into policy for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 as it passed through both Houses of Parliament, and she continued this role during the implementation of the Act by the UK Government's Department of Health and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Together with Sandy Starr she organises PET's public engagement events, and she regularly attends other organisations' events with a view to commissioning comment pieces for BioNews. Previously she worked as a Barrister carrying out advocacy in the civil and criminal courts on the Northern Circuit, and as Vice Chair of the Daisy Network Premature Menopause Support Group.
BioNews Comment articles written by Sarah Norcross:
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| 15 April 2013 - by |
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Welcome to the 700th edition of BioNews. The hyperbole we were planning to use to celebrate this landmark no longer seems appropriate given the sad news of the death of Professor Sir Robert Edwards - or just 'Bob', as he was known - on Wednesday.... [Read More] |
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| 08 April 2013 - by |
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This week's edition of BioNews sees a new Genetics Editor, Siobhan Chan, at the controls.... [Read More] |
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| 18 March 2013 - by |
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Over the past few months, the charity that publishes BioNews - the Progress Educational Trust (PET) - has been running a Wellcome Trust supported project about donor conception entitled 'When It Takes More Than Two'.... [Read More] |
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| 28 January 2013 - by |
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Last Thursday at the Progress Educational Trust (PET) debate Receiving: The Recipient Parent Perspective, I joked that I didn't know who had the most secure job - Juliet Tizzard, who is Head of Policy and Communications at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), or me.... [Read More] |
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| 21 January 2013 - by |
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The office from which we at the Progress Educational Trust (PET) publish BioNews does not have central heating. It's therefore unsurprising, perhaps, that conversation in the office this icy morning moved quickly from bioethics and the contents of today's edition of BioNews to thermal long johns and how best to keep warm.... [Read More] |
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| 14 January 2013 - by |
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The fiscal cliff featured prominently in the news over Christmas and the New Year. At first I thought that is was some PR story and that Cliff Richard had been rebranded and 'Mistletoe and Wine' would be reissued with the latest X Factor winner... [Read More] |
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| 07 January 2013 - by |
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Happy New Year to all our readers! New Year's resolutions usually involve cutting back on the 'bad' habits and increasing the 'good' ones... [Read More] |
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| 17 December 2012 - by |
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Someone who came to our event this week 'Giving: The Gamete Donor Perspective' very kindly brought some mince pies for us. She brought 30 mince pies. I gave two boxes away to stalwart volunteers. But this generous gift posed a problem... [Read More] |
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| 03 December 2012 - by |
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The controversial issues discussed in BioNews aren't all black and white - fifty shades of grey is perhaps a more accurate description... [Read More] |
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| 26 November 2012 - by |
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Gamete donation is big business at the Fertility Show. Why do clinics from far and wide pay thousands of pounds to exhibit in London? The simple answer is to make money. But why come to the UK? Because in the UK there is a shortage of gamete donors, or at least a perceived shortage, that's why... [Read More] |
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BioNews Review articles written by Sarah Norcross:
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Book Review: Mixed Blessings - Building a Family with and without Donor Help |
| 06 June 2012 - by |
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A booklet full of advice and case studies, this will be a useful book for all those creating a family, as well as for those who work with them - particularly fertility counsellors... [Read More] |
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Event Review: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 - A Multidisciplinary Workshop |
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When the invitation to this event dropped into my inbox, I immediately replied 'yes please'. This academic workshop of around 30 participants covered the legislative and policymaking process, and subsequent impact of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act 2008... [Read More] |
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'Cutting Edge goes behind the headlines to intimately portray how gay millionaires Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow's determination to have more children has affected them and their kids' said the teaser on the Channel 4 website. If I hadn't known this programme involved surrogacy, I would have dismissed it as yet another reality show about out-of-control children... [Read More] |
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First as a reviewer of this book I have a declaration of interest (or lack thereof): I have no faith.... [Read More] |
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Book Review: Marginalised Reproduction - Ethnicity, Infertility and Reproductive Technologies |
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When leading family researcher Professor Susan Golombok says a book is 'important and highly illuminating' and 'it should be read by everyone with a connection to the field', I thought I should add it to my 'to do' list... [Read More] |
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The first question I asked when picking up this book was: What is the image on the cover? Closer inspection and the power of Google revealed it is a dried poppy head (somniferum papaver) not, as I first thought, the egg from Alien - the science fiction horror film. What message does this convey? |
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BioNews News articles written by Sarah Norcross:
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Professor Sir Robert Edwards (27 September 1925-10 April 2013) has died after a long illness.... [Read More] |
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UK has new minister responsible for fertility and embryology |
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Following the general election in the UK and the formation of the new coalition government, Anne Milton MP has become the new Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and so is the Government Minister responsible for fertility and embryology. She is the Conservative MP for Guildford - a seat which she won from the Liberal Democrats in 2005.... [Read More] |
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) published new figures showing the number of new egg and sperm donors registered in 2008. The figures published on 31 July 2009 show that the number of both sperm and egg donors has increased.... [Read More] |
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Clare Lewis-Jones, Chief Executive of Infertility Network UK (I N UK) and More to Life, the largest national charity providing help, support and information to those suffering the effects of infertility, has been awarded a MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to healthcare.... [Read More] |
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BioNews is published by the Progress Educational Trust a small UK registered charity which battles for funding to keep BioNews in operation and free of charge. Back in January we launched the 500 Fivers Appeal to coincide with the publication of... [Read More] |
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The Progress Educational Trust (PET) is delighted to announce a new service from BioNews: a 'jobs' section. Today's issue of BioNews contains PET's first job advertisement, placed and paid for by the Human Genetics Commission. Why has PET decided to do this? Like many small charities, PET struggles to find... [Read More] |
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Progress Educational Trust would like to congratulate Dr Simon Best, who has been awarded an OBE for his services to the bioscience industry. Simon Best is founder and Chairman of Ardana Bioscience, based in Edinburgh, specialising in human reproductive biology and is a... [Read More] |
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