This section is intended to assist NHS organisations to create or modify governance structures to permit the introduction of advanced therapies, encompassing all levels of governance responsibilities and reporting within hospitals.

The introduction of advanced therapies into hospital treatment pathways requires a significant financial investment in resources and facilities. Information available here will help organisations to develop the appropriate business and financial plans as they prepare to deliver advanced therapies.

This section provides examples of, and guidance on, the implementation of quality systems and risk assessments for safe delivery of advanced therapies towards preparing for regulatory inspections.

The documents in this section will assist in the implementation of new advanced therapy services in a clinical setting, supporting the transition of guidance into practice.  Documents include process and patient flow charts to map the treatment pathway and information on the in-hospital logistics requirements.

To safely deliver advanced therapies to patients, staff need to be trained in this new modality of therapeutic intervention. This section includes resources that enable staff to learn more about ATMPs including e-learning, facilitating face to face training and competency assessments, and materials to support patient education.

A regulatory feature of advanced therapies is the need for longer-term follow up than for other therapeutic modalities.  The information provided here speaks to the methods of data collection for extended follow up patients after treatment.

This section has a range of resources – split into 8 sub-sections – which will assist NHS sites to prepare for the set up and delivery of advanced therapy clinical trials. Its objective is to disseminate learnings from the ATTCs regarding the governance, infrastructure and processes which underpin successful trial set up and delivery.