Publication - Minutes

Scottish Donation and Transplant Group meeting: November 2021

Published: 2 December 2021
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Part of: Health and social care
Date of meeting: 18 November 2021

Minutes and documents from the group's meeting on 18 November 2021.

Attendees and apologies

Mr John Casey (Co-chair), Joint Chair and Clinical Advisor for Transplantation in Scotland
Dr Iain Macleod (Co-chair), Joint Chair and Clinical Advisor for Organ Donation in Scotland
Dr Richard Appleton, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Scottish Intensive Care Society
Mr John Asher, Consultant Renal Transplant Surgeon, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Mr John Asher, Consultant Renal Transplant Surgeon, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Lynne Ayton, Director of Operations Heart, Lung and Diagnostics Division, Golden Jubilee Hospital
Dr Andrew Bathgate, Consultant Hepatologist, NHS Lothian
Sumrah Chohan, Human Tissue Authority
Anthony Clarkson, Director of Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHSBT
Dr Colin Geddes, Chair of the Transplant Recipient Support and Aftercare working group, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Sharon Grant, Team lead for Organ and Tissue Donation Policy, Scottish Government
Susan Hannah, Regional Manager for Scotland, NHSBT
Neil Healy, Lead Nurse for Tissues, Cells and Advanced Therapeutics, SNBTS
Dr Martin Johnson, Consultant Physician, Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Stephen Kirkham, Patient representative
Jen Lumsdaine, Living Donor Co-ordinator, NHS Lothian
Roseanne McDonald, Associate Director for Specialist Services and National Planning, NHS National Services Scotland
Andrew McKie, Secretariat, Scottish Government
Shona Methven, Consultant Nephrologist and Renal Service Clinical Director
Mr Gabriel Oniscu, Consultant Transplant Surgeon and Clinical Director, Edinburgh Transplant Unit
Mark Print, Patient representative
Dr Ben Reynolds, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Dr Lesley Ross, Patient representative
Joanna Swanson, Interim Head of Health Protection Division, Scottish Government
Dr David Turner, Consultant Clinical Scientist, SNBTS
Andrew Walls, Organ Donation Regional Committee Chair, NHS Dumfries & Galloway
Linda White, Policy Manager, Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation, Scottish Government
Dr Sharon Zahra, Clinical Lead, Tissues, Cells and Advanced Therapeutics, SNBTS

Apologies

Sam Baker, Donation Policy Branch Head, Scottish Government
Lisa Burnapp, President of British Transplantation Society/ OTDT Medical Team: Associate Medical Director
Dr Colin Church, Consultant, Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Dr Jonathan Dalzell, Consultant Cardiologist, Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Adam Duncan-Rusk, Business Manager, Renal, Transplant and Dermatology
Professor Deirdre Kelly, Non-Executive Director, NHSBT
Dr Ann-Margaret Little, Consultant Clinical Scientist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Mr Alex McGuire, Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Dr Neal Padmanabhan, Consultant Nephrologist, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Ms Jessica Porter, Head of Regulation, Human Tissue Authority
Dr David Walbaum, Consultant Nephrologist, NHS Grampian
Dr Charles Wallis, Regional CLOD and Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, NHS Lothian

Items and actions

Agenda

Implementation Overview - John Casey/ Iain MacLeod

Highlight reports

Reduce missed opportunities for deceased tissue donation - Sharon Zahra/Neil Healy
Living Kidney Donation: REACH Transplant and Renal units staffing levels - Jen Lumsdaine
Sustainable patient-centred transplant services - John Casey
Equity of access to transplantation services - Andy Bathgate and Shona Methven
Transplant recipient support and aftercare - John Casey and Priority 5 Co-Chairs
Remote health monitoring - Linda White
Research and innovation - John Casey

Post-2020 Plans (25 minutes)

NSD bridging plan post-2020 - Roseanne McDonald
UK Organ Utilisation Group update - Lisa Burnapp
UK Strategy update - Anthony Clarkson

Coronavirus (Covid-19) (15 minutes)

Update on current issues - Transplant units

Update on donation/transplant activity (20 minutes)

Living kidney donation - Jen Lumsdaine
Paediatric transplantation - Ben Reynolds
Deceased organ donation - Susan Hannah

Any other business (5 minutes)

Next meeting: 31 March 2022, 14:00 to 16:00, Microsoft Teams meeting

Written Updates for information

Histocompatibility and immunogenetics services - Dave Turner/Ann Margaret Little
Tissue donation - Sharon Zahra
NHS blood and transplant - Anthony Clarkson
Human tissue authority - Jessica Porter
Living kidney donation - Jen Lumsdaine