Organ and tissue donation: COPFS and SDTG agreement
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
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_082122
2. Scottish Government Health Directorate Guidance on Legal Issues Relevant to Donation Following Cardiac Death (CMO Letters (2010)11)
www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cmoCMO(2010)11.pdf
3. Scottish Government Health Directorate Guidance on Legal Issues Relevant to Donation Following Cardiac Death (CMO Letter (2012)08)
www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cmoCMO(2012)08.pdf
4. A Code of Practice for the diagnosis and confirmation of death. Academy of the Royal Medical Colleges.
www.aomrc.org.uk/item/a-code-of-practice-for-the-diagnosis-and-confirmation-of-death.html
5. Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006.
www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/4/contents
6. The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/4/contents
7. The Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 - A Guide to it's implications for NHSScotland
www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/HDL2006_46.pdf
8. Organ Donation after Circulatory Death: Report of Consensus Conference 2010 British Transplant Society, Department of Health, NHS Blood and Transplant, Intensive Care Society
www.ics.ac.uk/professional/standards_safety_quality/standards.../dcd
Useful Links
9. An Ethical Framework for Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death: UK Donation Ethics Committee
10. Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 - a UK strategy for organ donation and transplantation
http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/to2020/
11. 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
Updated version October 2014 SIGNED for on behalf of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal
Contact
Email: Marion Cairns
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