Organ Donation and Transplantation

Metropolitan Police Conference

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Last week, the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) joined law enforcement experts and academics at a conference hosted by the Metropolitan Police - trafficking in persons for organ removal. 

The event brought together international experts and leading medical professionals from across the UK and internationally to share their expertise in an important forum for collaboration.

HTA Chief Executive, Dr Colin Sullivan, who spoke at the conference, said:

HTA Approves First UK Womb Transplant by Imperial College and Oxford University Hospitals

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The first womb transplant in the UK has taken place, co-led by surgeons at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust, with approval from the Human Tissue Authority (HTA).