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NEW - Codes and Standards Webinar Recordings
We have been hosting a series of webinars in February and March, to talk about our revised Codes of Practice and Standards, which launch in April.
Consultation on two new EU Directives - the application of a Single European Code and the Import of Tissues and Cells
The Department of Health is consulting on draft Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
HTA Announces Fees for 2017/18
Today the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has announced annual licence fees for 2017/18.
Partnership to protect public health – MHRA and HTA sign agreement
Working in an increasingly innovative environment, regulatory authorities must balance their essential roles in protecting public health with making sure new, innovative treatments are made available to the UK healthcare sector at the earliest, safest opportunity.
Regulation of the Post Mortem Sector 2014 - 16: What we have learned
Regulation of the Post Mortem Sector 2014 - 16: What we have learned
HTA Statement on a Family Court Case Regarding Cryo-Preservation of a Child
Background to the Case
National Pathology Week
This year, the Royal College of Pathologists’ National Pathology Week is taking place between 7-13 November, and will be an opportunity to recognise and celebrate pathology and the important contributions pathologists and laboratory professionals make to healthcare.
New EU Coding Platform now available
The European Commission has launched the web-based
NHS Blood and Transplant announce 500 people have now donated a kidney to a stranger
A decade ago it first became possible for individuals in the UK to donate a kidney to someone they did not know, and had never met - this form of living donation is known as non-directed altruistic donation.