HM Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland: annual report 2024-2025

St Andrews

Head of Anatomy: Dr Enis Cezayirli

There are 7 licensed teachers, 3 academic and 4 technical.

Licensed Areas:

No change since previous inspection.

Premises Licence expiry date: 28 February 2031

A plan of the licensed areas and of the premises licence were available for inspection

Record Keeping/Signed Agreements:

A user friendly, computer-based record keeping system is in place which is first class in its operation. Access to the system is by licensed teachers, the bequest co-ordinator and IT staff who maintain the system.

Check of Records:

A check of the records against the number of cadavers in storage plus their location found everything to be in order.

A random selection of retained parts and their location according to the Record of Retained Parts was checked and found to be correct. A reverse check of retained parts and their location was then made against their recorded location in the Record of Retained Parts which was again found to correct.

Code of Practice: A copy of the Code of Practice is given to all attending courses in the licensed space which must be signed and returned before access is granted.

*2023 – 2024 figures

Number of oldest body in storage and date by which it must be disposed

1017 – July 2025

Internal/External Courses Using Anatomy Facilities:

These are used for 3 University organised courses and 4 externally run courses.