Information, services and supports for people seeking information from the NSW Ministry of Health ART Register
The NSW Ministry of Health is conducting a project to understand the type of services and supports that donor-conceived people, donors, and their families would prefer when seeking information from the NSW Ministry of Health Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Register. Rainbow Families is supporting this project by sharing the Ministry of Health’s invitation with our community.
SURVEY invitation
If you would like to share your views anonymously with the Ministry of Health, please complete the very short survey that you can find at this link. The survey will be open until 27 May 2025.
FOCUS GROUP invitation
If you would like to provide more detailed feedback on the type of services and supports that donor-conceived people, donors, and their families would prefer when seeking information from the NSW Ministry of Health ART Register, you may also like to join a 45-minute online focus group. Participation is voluntary and unpaid and your feedback is welcomed.
Focus groups will be held:
- Focus group 1 - Friday 23 May, 1 - 1.45pm
- Focus group 2 - Friday 30 May, 11 - 11.45am
If you would like to express interest in participating in a focus group, please email Tania Skippen (Avertis Consulting) at [email protected] who is leading this project for the Ministry. Please note that places are limited so please contact Tania as soon as possible. Any information you provide Tania and her team will be kept confidential.
Background:
The Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Act 2010 established the Central Register to support information about donor conceived people, donors of gametes, parents and siblings of children who are donor conceived and those born through surrogacy arrangements, and to give donors and donor offspring greater opportunity to access information about each other. Under the Act, the NSW Ministry of Health maintains the Central Register.
People who were donor conceived before 1 January 2010, people who fall within the transitional provisions of the ART Act, and donors who donated sperm, eggs or embryos before 1 January 2010 can also register information about themselves on the Central Register. Where both the donor and donor conceived person have given their express consent to do so, information about each other can be exchanged.
This survey is to help the NSW Ministry of Health understand the type of services and supports that donor-conceived people, donors, and their families would prefer when seeking information from the Central Register.