All establishments licensed to carry out activities under the Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007 must submit data relating to the activities you undertook and the tissue types you worked with between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
Data must be submitted via the HTA Portal between 9.00 am Monday 13 January 2025 and 5.00 pm on Monday 31 March 2025.
The HTA licensing standards on governance and quality systems and premises, facilities and equipment reinforce that the dignity of the deceased is essential and maintained.
The HTA was asked to provide a list of Designated Individuals and establishments licensed in the Post Mortem sector.
The HTA was asked to provide information on HTA Reportable Incidents in mortuaries.
The HTA received a request for a list of all of the establishments that held a licence at any time between the 1st of January 2019 and the 31st of December 2019 for the making of a post mortem examination.
There are several situations where independent pathologists attend HTA-licensed establishments to carry out post-mortem (PM) examinations. Visiting pathologists sometimes take or send PM tissue away from the originating establishment for laboratory processing and or analyses. When the laboratory analyses are complete, independent pathologists sometimes store PM tissue on their own premises whilst they await the receipt of disposal instructions from the coroner or police.
Samples may be obtained from deceased infants and children in cases of sudden unexpected death in infancy and childhood (SUDIC), in line with national protocols. This practice may take place in Accident and Emergency departments and other areas of a hospital, for example in special care baby units and paediatric wards.
This policy describes the consent and licensing requirements under the Human Tissue Act (HT Act) for removal of relevant material from the deceased, in these cases.
This page provides a summary of the key pieces of legislation, licensing frameworks, and a brief overview of responsibilities for Designated Individuals (DIs), Named Contacts (ODT sector only), Persons Designated (PDs) and Licence Holders.