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The Miscarriage Association have developed a suite of learning resources for professionals, informed by women and their partners who have experienced miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or molar pregnancy, and by health professionals who care for patients with pregnancy loss.
Directive 2004/23/EC and the Human Tissue (Quality and Safety for Human Application) Regulations 2007 (the Quality and Safety Regulations) make provision for an exemption to the requirement for a licence, when procurement of tissue and cells takes place during the same surgical procedure in...
Pregnancy remains may be packaged individually in separate containers or collectively for disposal.
Schedule 1 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 (the Act) sets out ‘performance assessment’ as a ‘scheduled purpose’.
An HTA licence is required if the human cellular material (‘relevant material’) to be stored for performance assessment has been removed from the deceased.
Referral letters written by the medical practitioner with responsibility for the donor (or the appropriate nurse specialist) must be sent to the Accredited Assessor in advance of the statutory interview.
The changes will be reflected in an updated portal form which will come into effect on 29 June 2015.
Yes. You will be sent details of an online refresher package on Monday 1 June 2015 that will need to be completed by all Accredited Assessors by Monday 22 June 2015 in order to maintain accreditation.
Extensive legal advice has enabled the HTA to provide up to date guidance on the role and responsibilities of the AA.
Key issues to be aware of:
The revised guidance clarifies the practices that should already be in place to undertake removal of regenerative material within the law, and put the donor’s best interests at the forefront of any decision.
Key issues to be aware of:
The HTA only has power to make a decision on a case if the donor is a child not competent to consent, or an adult lacking capacity to consent. The HTA must therefore explore competence before confirming whether or not we can make a decision on the case. If a child appears to have competence...