Human Tissue Act and Tissue Donation

Question 1

The Alder Hey scandal resulted in which report?

Answer 1

Redfern Report

Question 2

Define what paternalism means in the medical field and what it is characterised by.

Answer 2

When a healthcare provider makes decisions for a patient without the patient’s consent. It’s characterised by a doctor or nurse assuming they know what’s best for the patient and enforcing that opinion.

Question 3

What does the HTA 2004 regulate?

Answer 3

The removal, storage, and use of human tissue in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

Question 4

What are the 3 principal functions of the Human Tissue Authority?

Answer 4

To issue Codes of Practice

To issue licenses and inspect establishments

To approve living organ and bone marrow donations

Question 5

List 5 scheduled purposes in Schedule 1 of the HTA that tissue could be used for.

Answer 5

Anatomical examination

Determining cause of death

Public display

Transplantation

Education or training relating to human health

Question 6

What is Code A in the HTA?

Answer 6

Guiding principles and the fundamental principle of consent

Question 7

What is Code C in the HTA?

Answer 7

Anatomical examination

Question 8

What is Code E in the HTA?

Answer 8

Research

Question 9

What are the 4 guiding principles of the HTA?

Answer 9

Consent
Dignity
Quality
Honesty and Openness

Question 10

Licensing is covered in which part and sections of the HTA?

Answer 10

Part 2, Sections 16-25

Question 11

The HT Authority requires that licensed establishments uphold various standards relating to which 4 things?

Answer 11

Consent forms

Record keeping

Premises, facilities, and equipment standards

Disposal of tissue

Question 12

What is the fundamental principle of the HTA?

Answer 12

Consent

Question 13

Part 1 of the HTA describes what?

Answer 13

The requirements of consent, and when consent can be considered to be valid

Question 14

What does Part 1 Section 2 of the HTA cover?

Answer 14

Consent for children

Question 15

What does Pat 1 Section 3 of the HTA cover?

Answer 15

Consent for adults

Question 16

Describe the implication of Section 5 of the HTA.

Answer 16

Section 5 makes it an offence to undertake scheduled activities without appropriate consent

Question 17

For donation of a body for anatomical examination, who can give consent?

Answer 17

Only the individual who is donating their body - nobody else can give that consent

Question 18

What does Section 3 of the HTA state in relation to donation of bodies for anatomical examination?

Answer 18

Consent must be written

Question 19

List the 3 elements of written consent as described in Section 3 of the HTA.

Answer 19

Signed by the person concerned in the presence of at least one witness; or signed at the direction of the person concerned, in his/her presence, and in the presence of at least one witness; or is contained within a will of the concerned person.