HEFA-1999 Part 1/2nd proof - Human Fertilisation & Embryology ...

HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY AUTHORITY
1999 ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS
THE HFEA’S
MEMBERSHIP AND
ITS EXECUTIVE
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
HFEA Members are appointed by UK Health Ministers in accordance
with guidance from the Commissioner for Public Appointments (Nolan
guidelines). The Members determine the HFEA’s policies and scrutinise
treatment and research licence applications. In order that a perspective
can be maintained which is independent of the medical-scientific view,
the HFE Act requires that the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and at least
half of the HFEA’s Membership are neither doctors or scientists involved
in human embryo research or providing infertility treatment.
Members are not appointed as representatives of different groups,
but bring to the HFEA a broad range of expertise: medical; scientific;
social; legal; managerial; religious and philosophical. Some Members
have personal experience of infertility problems. A list of Members’ can
be found at page 4.
The HFEA’s Executive 2 are responsible for implementing the HFEA’s
policy and licensing decisions and conducting the HFEA’s day-to-day
activities.
As a means of better assessing the standard of its performance in various
areas, the HFEA has this year introduced a set of performance indicators.
We will be monitoring, with the Department of Health, the levels of
performance reached.
The initial set of agreed indicators are:
PI 1 – Percentage of licence applications dealt with within target
timescale
PI 2 – Percentage of requests for HFEA publications responded to
within three days
PI 3 – Data entry unit costs per DI/IVF treatment
PI 4 – HFEA performance against Government financial targets
including:
Percentage of creditors paid within 30 days
Percentage of debts recovered within 60 days
Additional indicators may be introduced in the future, and will form part
of the Ministerial Accountability Review.
2 A list of Executive Staff is at Annex 1.
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