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This section contains guidance and resources for professionals involved in living organ donation assessments, including Independent Assessors and Living Do...

The Human Tissue Authority’s (HTA) role in living organ donation is to ensure that there has been no reward sought or offered for the organ donation and

Clinicians and transplant teams are responsible for the overall care of donors and recipients, and for assessing the medical suitability of potential donor...

The Human Tissue Authority (HTA), on behalf of Scottish Ministers, is responsible for assessing all living organ donation cases that take place in Scotland...

The HTA has reviewed the current template referral letter to promote greater consistency, reduce variability, and to ensure that all referral letters conta...

It is an offence under the Human Tissue Act 2004 (The HT Act) for the donor to receive a reward for donating an organ/part organ.

IAs act as a representative of the HTA to ensure the requirements of the Human Tissue Act 2004 (The HT Act) and associated Regulations are met in all cases...

My name is Barrie Newton and I have been an Independent Assessor for just over seven years.

IAs are independent of the transplant unit, the donor and recipient.

If you are interested in applying to become an IA, but unsure whether you meet the requirements, you should read the IA role specification (below) and

If you are interested in finding out more about becoming a living organ donor, please contact your local transplant team who will be able to provide you

IAs submit reports using the HTA Portal. This is a secure system which is data protected.

In part, the Human Tissue Act 2004 was introduced to ensure that living organ donors have made an informed and voluntary decision to donate their or