Recommendation P2-73: Amend HT Act for organisational responsibility
From Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report, published 15 July 2025.
Recommendation
The government should amend the Human Tissue Act 2004 so that the organisation holding the licence has primary legal responsibility to ensure that: There is a suitable Designated Individual in place at their establishment. Suitable premises are provided and maintained. Suitable individuals are employed. All relevant legal and regulatory duties pertaining to the licence are met.
In brief (written by this site)
The Department of Health and Social Care stated in June 2026 that "This recommendation is under consideration" in progress entries published on the Cabinet Office recommendations dashboard (Department of Health and Social Care, Jun 2026). This maintained the position set out in the department's interim update on government progress in December 2025, which listed this recommendation among 21 phase 2 recommendations that remained under consideration (Department of Health and Social Care response, Dec 2025).
Sources
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
For the remaining 21 recommendations, these remain under consideration.
How this response relates to the recommendation
Site note: This is the Department of Health and Social Care's interim update on government progress in responding to the phase 2 report, published on 16 December 2025. It sorts the 75 recommendations into those the government has accepted in full (11), accepted in principle (43) and is still considering (21), and gives words of its own only on the 11 accepted in full. Every word is the Department's, so the rows are filed under it, including where the passage reports what another body has done.
Site note: The recommendation is addressed to the Department itself. The update gives this sentence once, under its heading "Recommendations under consideration", and lists this recommendation there among the 21 it covers. It says nothing about this recommendation alone.
Delivery
Department of Health and Social Care states no delivery position (16 June 2026)
This recommendation is under consideration.
From: Fuller Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard
Site note: The source names this recommendation by number. The dashboard's own words are "This recommendation is under consideration." The site records that the entry states no delivery position; the department has not described the recommendation as "noted".
Responsible bodies
Themes and tags
Who has spoken
- Department of Health and Social Care
Response, delivery statement