Organ and tissue donation: agreement between the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and the Scottish Donation and Transplant Group

Annex 1

Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit teams and contact details

SFIU North (for NHS Grampian, NHS Highland (except Argyll and Bute), NHS Tayside, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles)

Telephone: 0300 020 2387
Email: SFIUNorth@copfs.gov.uk

SFIU East (for NHS Lothian, NHS Borders, NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley)

Telephone: 0300 020 3702
Email: SFIUEast@copfs.gov.uk

SFIU West (for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Ayrshire and Arran and NHS Dumfries and Galloway, plus Argyll and Bute)

Telephone: 0300 020 1798
Email: SFIUWest@copfs.gov.uk

References

1. Organs for Transplants: A report from the Organ Donation Taskforce
https://nhsbtdbe.blob.core.windows.net/umbraco-assets-corp/4245/organsfortransplantstheorgandonortaskforce1streport.pdf

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. Human Tissue (Authorisation)(Scotland) Act 2019
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/11/contents

5. 'Reporting deaths to the Procurator Fiscal - Information and Guidance for Medical Practitioners' - available via www.copfs.gov.uk/investigating-deaths/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

Donation and Transplantation Plan for Scotland: 2021 – 2026
https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781800046641