References
References are listed in the order in which they appear in the code. Supplementary references are included at the end.
Human Tissue Act 2004
Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006
The Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007
Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006: A guide to its implications for NHS Scotland issued on 20 July 2006 (Ref: NHS HDL (2006) 46))
HTA codes of practice
HTA Directions
Disability Discrimination Act 1995
HTA Licensing guidance
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Charter for bereaved people who come into contact with a reformed coroner system
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) information on coroners
Home Office guidance Police and coroners approach to pathology
Model consent forms
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) (Northern Ireland) guidance Post mortem examinations: careplan and consent forms
Stillbirth and neonatal death society (Sands) Pregnancy loss and the death of a baby: guidelines for professionals, Judith Schott, Alix Henley and Nancy Kohner (Third edition, 2007)
Department of Health video Respect for the dead: care for the living guide to the post mortem procedure
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) (Northern Ireland) Careplan for women who experience a miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health guidance The future of paediatric pathology services
Data Protection Act 1988
General Medical Council (GMC) guidance
Department of Health guidance Confidentiality: NHS code of practice
Welsh Assembly Government guidance Confidentiality: Code of practice for health and social care in Wales
Royal College of Pathologists guidance
HT Act (Ethical Approval, Exceptions from Licensing and Supply of Information about Transplants) Regulations 2006
Royal College of Pathologists and Institute of Biomedical Science joint guidance on The retention and storage of pathological records and archives (Third edition, 2005
HTA Emergency mortuary licensing guidance
Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology (AAPT) publications
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Occupational Health Advisory Committee (OHAC)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publication
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
Department of Health, Health Building Note 20 (HBN 20): Facilities for mortuary and post mortem room services
Welsh Health Estates Health building notes (HBNs)
Royal Society for Public Health APT handbook
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Safe working and the prevention of infection in the mortuary and post-mortem room
Department of Health guidance Facilities for mortuary and post mortem room services
Supplementary references
HTA guide to licensing for DIs and LHs
E-learning course for DIs
Welsh Language Act
HTA summary inspection reports
HTA guide to our key messages - which explains the HTA’s roles and responsibilities
HTA e-newsletter – which provides regular news and updates about the HTA's work
