Media releases

Media releases for 2009

• HTA approves landmark 3,000th living donation

  Issue date: 22 December 2009

  The Human Tissue Authority has approved 3,000 living organ donations.

• HTA welcomes new Chair Baroness Diana Warwick

  Issue date: 14 December 2009

  Baroness Diana Warwick has been appointed Chair of the Human Tissue Authority.

• Alert issued to post mortem sector following serious adverse events

  Issue date: 8 December 2009

  The HTA has issued a regulatory alert to all establishments that carry out post-mortem examinations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland following notification of incidents where tissue and organs were kept without consent.

• Call for Dentists and Oral Surgeons to ensure they are using the safest products

  Issue date: 27 November 2009

  Nine months after new rules were announced for acellular bone products, the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) calls on dentists and oral surgeons to ensure they are using products from licensed suppliers.

• All sudden deaths should be DNA tested - HTA response

  Issue date: 9 November 2009

  Human Tissue Authority media statement

• Improvements needed in post mortem sector, but good compliance elsewhere

  Issue date: 22 October 2009

  The HTA is calling on organisations that carry out post-mortem examinations to raise standards, in response to a new report on compliance.

• Researchers say human tissue regulation is necessary to ensure informed consent - new report

  Issue date: 30 September 2009

  Human Tissue Authority media release

• HTA launch revised codes of practice and an additional new code for research

  Issue date: 15 September 2009

  New codes of practice come into force today (15 September).

• Mortuary Facilities at the University Hospital of Wales

  Issue date: 18 August 2009

  Human Tissue Authority media statement For immediate release.

• Hampton Implementation Review

  Issue date: 23 July 2009

  New report finds the HTA is risk-based, proportionate and transparent.