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About Accredited Assessors [1]

Date published: February 2019

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.

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About the HTA [2]

Date published: May 2018

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...

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About us [3]

Date published: May 2018
Who we are and what we do

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.

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Accountability [4]

Date published: May 2018

The Authority is made up of a Chair and eleven Members:

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Accredited Assessor role: person specification [5]

Date published: February 2019

It is important that the AAs are independent of the transplant unit, the donor, person consenting on behalf of the donor and recipient.

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Accredited Assessors and Interviews [6]

Date published: February 2019

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...

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Become an Accredited Assessor [7]

Date published: February 2019

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.

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Cord blood banking: a guide for parents [8]

Date published: January 2016
Introduction
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Cryonics - the cryopreservation of whole bodies [9]

Date published: September 2018

The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has produced this information to provide an overview of cryonics - the cryopreservation of whole bodies. We have worked with our public panel to find out what questions the public has about cryonics, and we have tried to answer those questions here.

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Cryopreservation of tissue [10]

Date published: September 2018

Cryopreserving tissue - is this different to cryonics? Can stem cells, eggs, sperm and other tissues be cryopreserved for fertility treatment? 

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[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/guidance-public/cord-blood-banking-guide-parents
[9] https://www.hta.gov.uk/guidance-public/cryonics
[10] https://www.hta.gov.uk/cryopreservation-tissue
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