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Future of fertility and human tissue regulators considered
Proposals to change responsibility for regulating fertility treatment and human tissue were set out today by Health Minister Lord Howe as he launched a consultation on the future of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and Human Tissue Authority (HTA).
The UK-wide consultation will consider whether the regulators’ responsibilities should move to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Health Research Authority.
The move is part of broader plans to cut NHS administrative costs by more than a third by 2015. This will partly be achieved by streamlining functions and reducing the number of NHS bodies, including arms length bodies (ALBs) – which should deliver savings of over £180 million by 2014/15.
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