Organ and tissue donation: COPFS and SDTG agreement (updated December 2017)

Agreement between the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) and the Scottish Donation and Transplant Group (SDTG) in regard to organ and tissue donation.


References 

1.  Organs for Transplants: A report from the Organ Donation Taskforce
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-save-lives

2.  A Code of Practice for the diagnosis and confirmation of death.  Academy of Royal Medical Colleges. 

http://www.aomrc.org.uk/publications/reports-guidance/ukdec-reports-and-guidance/code-practice-diagnosis-confirmation-death/

3.  Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006.

www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/4/contents

4.  ‘The role of the Procurator Fiscal in the investigation of deaths’ - available via http://www.crownoffice.gov.uk/publications/deaths

Useful Links

An Ethical Framework for Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death:  UK Donation Ethics Committee
http://aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Ethical_framework_donation_circulatory_death_1211-3.pdf

Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 - a UK strategy for organ donation and transplantation
http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/to2020/

A Donation and Transplantation Plan for Scotland 2013-2020 – a Scotland-specific plan to accompany the UK strategy
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/07/7461

Scottish Government Health Directorate Guidance on Legal Issues Relevant to Donation Following Cardiac Death (CMO Letters (2010)11)
www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cmo/CMO(2010)11.pdf

Scottish Government Health Directorate Guidance on Legal Issues Relevant to Donation Following Cardiac Death (CMO Letter (2012)08)
www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cmo/CMO(2012)08.pdf

Contact

Email: sam.baker@gov.scot

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