Search
Please see below for a list of search results.
UCL Institute of NeurologyInstitute of Neurology1 Wakefield StreetLondon WC1N 3BGContact: Lynn HaddonT 020 7837 8370F 020 7278 4993E l.haddon@ucl.ac.uk
Neuropathology DeptLevel 1, West WingJohn Radcliffe HospitalHeadley Way, HeadingtonOxford OX3 9DUContact: Dr Olaf AnsorgeT 01865 234904 / 01865 234403 (Includes out-of-hours message service)F 01865 231157E olaf.ansorge@ndcn.ox.ac.uk
Wolfson Neuroscience LaboratoriesImperial College Faculty of MedicineHammersmith Hospital CampusBurlington Danes Building160 Du Cane RoadLondon W12 0NNContact: Dr George GvericT 020 7594 9734F 020 7594 9735
Wolfson Neuroscience LaboratoriesImperial College Faculty of MedicineHammersmith Hospital CampusBurlington Danes Building160 Du Cane RoadLondon W12 0NNContact: Dr George GvericT 020 7594 9732F 020 7594 9733E pdbank@imperial.ac.uk
The brain bank organising the donation will contact you to ask you to perform the retrieval, they will inform you of the way they wish the brain to be removed and stored until collection and they will provide you with a copy of the consent form.
It is the responsibility of the brain bank to ensure that consent has been given, and they will provide you with a copy of the consent form when making arrangements for the retrieval.
The vast majority of mortuaries have a licence for removal of tissues for research, as well as for post-mortem examination. If in doubt, there is a list of licensed establishments on the HTA website or you can contact the HTA directly.
This is correct. The medical certificate of cause of death is the permanent legal record of the fact of death and is a pre-requisite to brain donation for research.
There is no legal or HTA requirement for the death to be registered and the certification of burial of cremation to be obtained before tissue removal takes place. Insistence on the green form (or ‘body release forms’) can lead to donations having to be declined and valuable research tissue being...