Under the Human Tissue Act 2004, any potential donation of bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) from adults who lack capacity to consent and children who lack competence to consent, must be assessed by an Accredited Assessor (AA) and a report submitted to the HTA for decision.
The HTA is an executive Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, established by the Human Tissue Act 2004.
Our overall goal is to maintain public confidence by ensuring that the removal, storage and use of human tissue and organs are undertaken...
The HTA is an executive Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, established by the Human Tissue Act 2004.
The Authority is made up of a Chair and eleven Members:
It is important that the AAs are independent of the transplant unit, the donor, person consenting on behalf of the donor and recipient.
The Human Tissue Act 2004 (Persons who Lack Capacity to Consent and Transplants) Regulations 2006 (Regulations) require that an AA must have conducted separate interviews with the donor, the person giving consent on the donor’s behalf and the recipient in order to gather the material that must...
If you are interested in applying to become an AA, but unsure whether you meet the requirements, you should read the AA role specification and contact the Stem Cell Coordinator at your nearest stem cell unit in the first instance.
Our regulatory approach aims to be right-touch and in line with the principles of better regulation and the Regulators’ Code. This means that we primarily focus our regulation and resources on areas that involve an inherently greater risk to patient safety and public confidence if standards are...
Our Deployment objectives are:
Links
[1] https://www.hta.gov.uk/about-accredited-assessors
[2] https://www.hta.gov.uk/hta-strategy-2018-21/about-the-hta
[3] https://www.hta.gov.uk/hta-business-plan-2018-19/about-us
[4] https://www.hta.gov.uk/hta-strategy-2018-21/accountability
[5] https://www.hta.gov.uk/accredited-assessor-role-person-specification-0
[6] https://www.hta.gov.uk/accredited-assessors-and-interviews-0
[7] https://www.hta.gov.uk/become-accredited-assessor
[8] https://www.hta.gov.uk/hta-business-plan-2018-19/our-objectives/delivery
[9] https://www.hta.gov.uk/hta-strategy-2018-21/our-strategic-approach/delivery
[10] https://www.hta.gov.uk/hta-business-plan-2018-19/our-objectives/deployment
[11] https://www.hta.gov.uk/search?f%5B0%5D=type%3Abook&f%5B1%5D=field_audience%3A23&f%5B2%5D=field_audience%3A24&sort_by=hta_string_title&page=1
[12] https://www.hta.gov.uk/search?f%5B0%5D=type%3Abook&f%5B1%5D=field_audience%3A23&f%5B2%5D=field_audience%3A24&sort_by=hta_string_title&page=2