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Organ transplantation is the best treatment for patients with end stage organ failure. The Human Tissue Authority regulates organ donation and transplant

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, mortuaries where post-mortem examinations take place are licensed and inspected by the HTA.

The HTA licenses establishments in the anatomy sector to provide assurance to the public that bodies or tissue from the deceased are given with proper cons...

Human bodies, body parts and specimens may be put on public display, for example as part of an exhibition in a gallery or museum.

The purpose of this guidance is to assist licensed establishments to meet the HTA’s licensing standards.

Advice on how establishments can improve their body donation information.

Medical school staff are sometimes faced with the challenge of deciding whether the consent given by potential donors, often many years before their death,...

The HTA regulates organisations that remove, store and use human tissue for research, patient treatment, post-mortem examination, anatomical examination, s...

The term ‘research’ is often used to mean a wide range of activities which might be laboratory - or treatment-based.