Working in partnership with other organisations

The purpose of this MoU is to set out a framework to support the working relationship between UKAS and HTA in relation to the regulatory and accreditation activities it undertakes.

UKAS is the sole national accreditation body for the United Kingdom. The HTA is a regulator of the removal, storage and use of human tissue for a wide range of purposes, including within healthcare.

Both parties share a concern for the quality and safety of health and care services and recognise, through this MoU, that close cooperation by sharing information relating to organisations regulated or accredited by both parties is beneficial in supporting this. 

There are some establishments which are accredited by UKAS and licensed by HTA, or where UKAS accredited establishments work directly with HTA licensed establishments; it is mainly in relation to these services where UKAS and HTA will work together, as appropriate. This includes:

• Sharing information about issues likely or potentially to be of mutual concern about matters pertaining to the respective remits of the two parties; and
• Establishing and maintaining effective mechanisms for mutual engagement on matters of common or shared interest.