P2-74 Response Under Consideration

HTA require suitable qualified staff with enforcement

Recommendation

The Human Tissue Authority, and/or the new inspectorate, should require the organisations it licenses to ensure that any individual who provides care to deceased people is suitably qualified, experienced and supervised. The regulatory regime should set minimum standards on the qualifications likely to be considered sufficient to demonstrate 'suitability' for particular roles or levels of responsibility. Failure to ensure that suitable individuals are employed would be subject to regulatory enforcement.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
- The government stated in December 2025 that this recommendation on the HTA setting minimum qualification standards for mortuary staff was under consideration. Full government response due Summer 2026 (Government Interim Update on Fuller Inquiry Phase 2, DHSC, 16 December 2025).
How was this evidence gathered?
Evidence searched by Claude (Anthropic) on 10 Apr 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
Jurisdiction
England
Response
Under Consideration
Under Consideration Human Tissue Authority
01 Dec 2025

This recommendation is under consideration.

Progress Timeline
Official Report
01 Dec 2025

Under consideration. The government will continue to work on its response to the recommendations and provide a full response to the Fuller inquiry phase 2 report by summer 2026. (Source: Interim update on government progress in responding to the Fuller inquiry phase 2 report, December 2025)

Source
Report Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report 15 Jul 2025
Responsible Bodies
Human Tissue Authority Primary
Recommendation age 0.9 yr
Last formal update 01 Dec 2025