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What is it like to work for a quango that has been given a death sentence? For staff at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority it is a bewildering time.
The HFEA was one of 192 quangos listed for abolition in October as one of the coalition's flagship money-saving initiatives. Three months after the formal announcement of its abolition, the authority is continuing its work and gently fighting a low-key, behind-the-scenes battle for survival.
Its office does not have the aura of a body that has been freshly culled. Staff are preparing for a general meeting in Cardiff, where the 2011-12 business plan will be agreed. Inspectors are reviewing recent inspections of IVF clinics. Employees are still pinning crayoned pictures by their children above their workstations and watering the plants.
A parliamentary committee's withering conclusion last week that the government "botched" its mission to "reduce the number and cost of quangos" is met with no surprise by staff here, who remain bemused by the decision to close down their organisation.
News of the HFEA's planned closure, and distribution of its...
The HFEA was one of 192 quangos listed for abolition in October as one of the coalition's flagship money-saving initiatives. Three months after the formal announcement of its abolition, the authority is continuing its work and gently fighting a low-key, behind-the-scenes battle for survival.
Its office does not have the aura of a body that has been freshly culled. Staff are preparing for a general meeting in Cardiff, where the 2011-12 business plan will be agreed. Inspectors are reviewing recent inspections of IVF clinics. Employees are still pinning crayoned pictures by their children above their workstations and watering the plants.
A parliamentary committee's withering conclusion last week that the government "botched" its mission to "reduce the number and cost of quangos" is met with no surprise by staff here, who remain bemused by the decision to close down their organisation.
News of the HFEA's planned closure, and distribution of its...