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A decade ago it first became possible for individuals in the UK to donate a kidney to someone they did not know, and had never met - this form of living donation is known as non-directed altruistic donation.
Dying Matters is hosting its seventh annual Awareness Week, which will be an opportunity to place the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement firmly on the national agenda. This year’s theme is ‘The Big Conversation’.
This form needs to be completed where the assistance of a translator has been required by the Independent Assessor or Living Donation Coordinator
Translation declaration form (Independent Assessor)
Independent Assessors submit their reports using our online submission system. This is a secure system which is data protected.
Contact details for the transplant teams across the country can be found here.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)
This guidance is for people donating organs (living organ donors). It explains what kind of organisation we are, our role in living organ donation from live donors, and what you need to know before you donate an organ. This guidance also explains the Independent Assessment process.
The Human Tissue Act 2004 (HT Act) provides a legal framework for organ donation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland the framework is provided by the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006.
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) comment on last night's Holby City:
The number of living people donating organs has risen again this year, according to the HTA, the watchdog that assesses all living organ donation cases in the UK.
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has commented on newspaper reports of people in UK allegedly offering their organs for sale.