Value proposition

Our mission is to be an excellent regulator for the use of human tissue with consent and safety.

We believe that patients and families will have more confidence that their wishes will be respected, that organs and tissue used in treatment will be safe and high quality; and that tissue used for research or other purposes will be put to the best possible use, if they know there is regulation of human tissue and organs.

By fostering an environment of trust, we hope more people will donate their tissue for scientific and medical research, their organs for transplants, and their bodies for medical education and training. On that basis, we can help healthcare to flourish.

We regulate organisations that remove, store and use tissue for research, medical treatment, post-mortem examination, teaching and display in public. We also give approval for organ and bone marrow donations from living people.

Regulation, Advice and guidance, Patient safety, Medical research, Anatomy, Pathology, Health legislation, Bio-ethics, Regenerative medicine, post-mortem, research, Human application, Human Tissue Act, Codes of Practice, NHS, body storage, Organ donation, and consent