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POL186/11 Kidney Transplantation: Deceased Donor Organ Allocation

The legislative framework for deceased donation in Scotland is different to the rest of the UK in a number of important ways.

Donation from emergency department

Organ Donation as part of end of life care

In the context of consent and authorisation

Role of ODT Hub Operations

This plan complements the UK Organ Donation and Transplantation 2030: Meeting the Need strategy and supports its objectives.

Our specialist nurses have been equipped with a new donor referral and assessment module in DonorPath.

We have ambitious plans to digitise as many existing paper forms as we can, starting with the HTA B form – the form that every transplant surgeon must complete for every organ that they transplant.

Research within the Organ Donation and Transplantation Directorate

When an eye is donated, the cornea (the clear outer layer of tissue at the front of the eye) can be transplanted to restore a person's sight. The sclera (the whites of the eye) can also be transplanted.