HTA require anatomy adverse incidents reported as HTARIs
Fuller Inquiry · Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report · Issued 15 July 2025 · Addressed to: Human Tissue Authority
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The Human Tissue Authority should change its guidance to require that relevant adverse incidents in the anatomy sector are formally reported as Human Tissue Authority Reportable Incidents (HTARIs).
Fuller Inquiry, Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report · 15 Jul 2025 Source PDF →
Response — verbatim from government
●Human Tissue Authority
The Human Tissue Authority has expanded the scope of its adverse events and reportable incidents systems in the Post-Mortem sector to include the Anatomy sector. The HTA has issued formal guidance to ensure that adverse incidents in the anatomy sector are routinely reported. The reporting system went live on 1 December.
Human Tissue Authority · 1 Dec 2025
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 1 Dec 2025 Accepted in full. The Human Tissue Authority, in its role as regulator, has expanded the scope of its adverse events and reportable incidents system in the post-mortem sector to include the anatomy sector. It has drafted guidance to ensure that adverse incidents in the anatomy sector are routinely reported, and the updated reporting system was implemented on 1 December 2025. (Source: Interim update on government progress in responding to the Fuller inquiry phase 2 report, December 2025)
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