The role of inspections
Nicolette Harrison, Director of Regulations, talks about the role inspections play in a risk-based, proportionate, data-driven, modern regulator.
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HTA Business Plan for 2023 to 2024 published
Business plan 2023 to 2024
Our Business Plan sets out our priorities for the business year 2023 to 2024.
HTA approves 78 living organ donations in April 2023
In April, a total of 78 living organ donations were approved across all four nations.
An update on our stakeholder forums for Anatomy, Human Application and ODT
Last month we held three more sector focused forums. Meeting together in this way has many benefits, as some of the things we talked about can illustrate.
Sector-focused stakeholder engagement
We recently started a new programme of sector-focused stakeholder engagement forums starting with leaders from the Human Application, ODT, Anatomy and Post Mortem sectors, where the Terms of Reference were agreed. We’re looking forward to further forums later in the year.
The forums have three functions:
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to provide a forum to discuss sector-focused regulatory issues
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to consider regulatory policies and practice
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to share relevant regulatory concerns, knowledge, insight, and intelligence.
HTA approves 103 living organ donations in March 2023
In March, a total of 103 living organ donations were approved across all four nations.
HTA approves 76 living organ donations in February 2023
In February, a total of 76 living organ donations were approved across all four nations.
UK conviction for human trafficking organ removal offence
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) welcomes the verdict reached in the trial today. This was a crime where an individual was trafficked to the UK for the purpose of organ removal and transplantation.
"This is why I do what I do"
Last year we carried out an unannounced inspection of an establishment which resulted in a number of shortfalls against the HTA’s licensing standards, some of which were classified as being ‘Critical’. A critical shortfall is a shortfall which poses a significant risk to human safety and/or dignity and is the most severe level of shortfall requiring immediate action.