Guidance for professionals
The filter and search function on this page allows you to refine down the full list of guidance that we provide for professionals to find specific items. Common searches for the HTA codes of practice and standards, licensing, fees and inspection information or for specific information for each of our regulated sectors can be found using the menu items above.
Information about donor decelerations
A Channel 4 Dispatches programme in March 2014 highlighted pregnancy loss and the disposal of fetal remains.
HTA policy on the steps transplant units should take to prepare living organ donors when it is not possible to transplant their organ
Guidance on the removal of relevant material from deceased children
HTA's current position on the absence of a presumed genetic relationship
Protocol to ensure the provision of forensic pathology services in the event of regulatory action
Further guidance for mortuaries on how to formalise agreements with funeral directors
This guidance provides a comprehensive explanation of the responsibilities of toxicologists under the Human Tissue Act 2004.
Policy on the sale of bodies, body parts and tissue
Information for regional resilience teams on licensing of emergency mortuaries