Our Chief Executive Allan Marriott-Smith takes a look back over the last decade of the HTA.
I’m sure I’m not alone in the thinking that coming to the end of another decade has relatively few highlights. I can say for certain that in January 2020 I’m older, greyer and wrinklier than in 2010, and my knees have seen better days.
The little boy in his buggy beamed happily when I asked him what he was most looking forward to after he got his new kidney. ‘Cheese sandwiches!’ he shouted immediately. And then after a few seconds further thought “And going swimming!’
He was on dialysis with kidney failure. His dad was about to donate a kidney in the hope that his son could enjoy both those things and have the chance of a normal healthy life. I met them in my role as an Independent Assessor for the Human Tissue Authority (HTA).
