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:

As an executive agency of the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC), we are funded from Grant-in-Aid from the DHSC and devolved administrations and through licence fees charged to licensed establishments.

Human Tissue Authority Chief Executive speaks at conference about Trafficking for the purpose of organ harvesting

It’s the perfect time to add your name to the NHS Organ Donor Register

Human Tissue Authority Board Meeting

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).

We've published updated versions of our Codes of Practice (except Code F, Part two: Deceased organ and tissue donation which was published on 1 June 2023). 

Today, the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has published an updated version of Code of Practice F, Part two: Deceased organ and tissue.  

Today we’ve issued a regulatory update regarding contamination issues with Belzer UW Cold Storage Solution and Belzer UW Machine Perfusion Solution, manufactured by Carnamedica and imported by Bridge to Life.