http://www.hta.gov.uk/media/mediareleases.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.news_show_feedHuman Tissue Authority{ts '2012-05-17 03:23:01'}Human Tissue Authority Human Tissue Authority announces licence fee reductions for a second year running and further efficiency savings http://www.hta.gov.uk/contentdisplay.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=1046 The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has today announced its licence fee structure for 2012/13 which will see a drop in fees for the vast majority of its stakeholders across 800 establishments for a second year running. 2012-03-27 14:59:01.687 Human Tissue Authority statement on new plans for increasing living kidney transplantation http://www.hta.gov.uk/contentdisplay.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=1037 For immediate release 2012-01-24 10:51:40.95 HTA response to media interest in human tissue identified following the ACPO audit http://www.hta.gov.uk/contentdisplay.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=1035 Human Tissue Authority statement 2012-01-13 16:24:27.823 The HTA welcomes the Justice Secretary's decision to reinstate the post of Chief Coroner http://www.hta.gov.uk/contentdisplay.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=1030 Human Tissue Authority statement 2011-11-23 16:53:46.19 HTA response to the the Welsh Government's White Paper on presumed consent http://www.hta.gov.uk/contentdisplay.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=1027 The HTA will be considering the White Paper and the implications of such a move from our perspective. 2011-11-08 11:35:32.113 Serious untoward incident at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust http://www.hta.gov.uk/contentdisplay.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=1026 Human Tissue Authority statement 2011-11-07 17:06:07.643 Human Tissue Authority statement on ten year anniversary of retained organs, foetuses and tissue samples in Birmingham http://www.hta.gov.uk/contentdisplay.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=1003 Human Tissue Authority media statement 2011-07-15 16:03:39.217 HTA announces new Chief Executive http://www.hta.gov.uk/contentdisplay.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=1002 The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has today announced the appointment of their new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Alan Clamp, currently Director of Regulation at the HTA, will take up the role of CEO on 1 October 2011. 2011-07-12 12:46:13.623 Audit signals widespread achievement of standards across post mortem sector with improvements still to be made http://www.hta.gov.uk/contentdisplay.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=1000 Last year the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) issued special instructions to licensed establishments, requiring them to undertake two exercises – a self-assessment against HTA standards; and an audit of post mortem material. This was to ensure that human tissues and organs were being used safely and ethically and with proper consent. 2011-07-07 16:11:01.403 Human Tissue Authority statement on the positive patient response to research in the NHS http://www.hta.gov.uk/contentdisplay.cfm?widCall1=customWidgets.content_view_1&cit_id=997 The HTA response to the poll commissioned by the Association of Medical Research Charities, Breast Cancer Campaign and the British Heart Foundation. 2011-06-09 16:15:12.217