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Dying Matters Awareness Week – ‘The Big Conversation’
Dying Matters hosted its seventh annual Awareness Week, which was an opportunity to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement firmly on the national agenda.
The HTA welcomes five new Authority members
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) is pleased to announce that five new Board Members have been appointed by the Secretary of State for Health.
Shirley Harrison, former Chair of the HTA, passes away
Shirley Harrison, Chair of the HTA from October 2006 until January 2010, passed away on 25 February 2016.
HTA publishes parents’ guide to cord blood banking
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA), the regulator for human tissue, cells and organs, has today published a cord blood banking guide for expectant parents considering cord blood donation a
HTA comments on families saying no to deceased organ donation
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) today released figures that highlight the number of families who have said no to a relative donating organs after
HTA announces fees for 2016/17
Today the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) announced that there will be no increase in the 2016/17 annual licence fee for organisations in the post mortem, research, public display, organ donation and transplantation and anatomy sectors.
HTA comments on new RCN pregnancy remains guidance
Commenting on the publication of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) guidance on managing the disposal of pregnancy remains, Caroline Browne, HTA’s Head of Regulation said: “We know that the loss or termination of a pregnancy, whatever the circumstances, needs to be handled sensitively by the healthca
'Body Donors' documentary on Channel 5
HTA welcomed the ‘sensitive and realistic accounts’ of body donation shown in the Channel 5 series ‘Body Donors’, broadcast at 9pm on the 29 Sep and 6 October 2015.
HTA launches Codes of Practice and Standards consultation
The HTA ran a consultation on the proposed changes to its Codes of Practice and Standards documentation.