Publications

Legal issues relevant to non-heartbeating organ donation - [343 KB] This document sets out the Department of Health's view of the legal position in relation to interventions taken prior to death to facilitate NHBD.

Buggins Report - ALLOCATION OF ORGANS TO NON UK EU RESIDENTS - [315 KB]

The potential impact of an opt out system for organ donation in the UK - [475 KB]

Generic Immunosuppressants in the Specialist Area of Transplantation – Consensus on Implications and - [125 KB]

Guidance on the microbiological safety of human organs, tissues and cells used in transplantation - - [964 KB] This guidance updates and replaces the document issued in 2000 by the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Blood Tissues and Organs for Transplantation. It advises on reducing to a minimum the avoidable risk of transmission of infection through transplantation.

Organs for transplants - The Organ Donor Task Force 1st report - [623 KB]

Review of the Organ Donor Register - Sir Gordon Duff - [465 KB]

Role of emergency Medicine in Organ Donation - [189 KB] This document reports on a Workshop held on October 4th 2010 between representatives of Emergency Medicine, critical care, Specialist Nurses in Organ Donation and transplantation surgery.

Organ donation for transplantation Improving donor identification and consent rates for deceased org - [907 KB]

The Organ Donation Taskforce Implementation Programmes Final Report 2011 - [1.27 MB]

NHS atlas of variation maps47-56-57 - [1.32 MB]

An Ethical framework for controlled donation after circulatory death-Full Report - [536 KB]

An Ethical framework for controlled donation after circulatory death-executive summary - [305 KB]

Irradiation_BJH_2011 - [176 KB] Guidelines on the use of irradiated blood components prepared by the British Committee for Standards in Haematology blood transfusion task force.