HM Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland: annual report 2023-2024

Glasgow

82. Head of Anatomy: Professor Scott Border.

83. here are currently 4 personal licence holders 2 academic, 2 technical.

Licensed Areas:

84. No change since previous inspection.

85. Premises Licence expiry date is 12 October 2033

86. The premises licence plus a map of the licensed area were available for inspection.

Access To Licensed Areas:

87. All licensed areas are protected by intruder alarms.

88. Six technical staff plus one laboratory assistant and two academic staff have swipe card access to all licensed areas. Swipe card access is controlled by the Chief Technician.

89. On the map of licensed areas, those areas regarded as 'high risk' can only be accessed by licensed teachers plus appropriate technical staff, the prosection store by all teaching staff and appropriate technical staff and the teaching labs by all teaching staff.

90. Students have free access to the corridor leading to the teaching labs plus to the museum. Development of a means of restricting public access to the museum is ongoing.

91. Out of Hour access: Security has access to all areas but would only enter these areas in the event of an emergency, and then, only after advising the Chief Technician.

Record Keeping/Signed Agreements:

92. Full records and electronic copies of documentation are stored on a bespoke password protected web-based bequest database. Electronic copies of correspondence and initial information are stored on Microsoft Teams. Original hard copies of declaration of bequest forms on the donor register are stored in fireproof cabinets. An archive of hard copies of donor records are also stored in fireproof cabinets. Active files are temporarily held in the Anatomy Office.

93. There is in place a printed and bound standard operating procedure for the handling of cadavers from the receipt of a body into the department until its final disposal by cremation.

Check of Records

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

95. 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 Conduct:

96. A copy of ‘Rules and Regulations’ is given out in advance to all those attending courses using cadaver material. This must be signed and returned before access to the teaching lab is granted. These forms are then scanned and saved on a database. These were made available for the inspection.

Bequest Information:

• Bequest forms requested: 308 (343*)
• Bequest forms returned: 233 (212*)
• Bequests accepted: 104 (96*)
• Bequests rejected: 48 (63*)
• Bequests redirected: Dundee - 1
• Redirected bequests accepted: Edinburgh - 11

*2022-2023 figures

Bodies Currently Held in Department:

• Embalmed: 76
• Fresh/frozen: 89
• Unused/Other: 1
• Total: 166
• Number of oldest body in storage and date by which it must be disposed: 20/21-39 31 October 2024

Courses Run Using Cadaver Material:

97. There are currently 18 internal and 37 external courses using anatomy facilities, the latter running collaboratively between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the University of Glasgow. A comprehensive list of all these courses was available for inspection – see the appendix.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

98. Director of Clinical Skills: Mr Ian Colquhoun

99. There are 2 licensed teachers, 1 academic and 1 technical member of staff.

Licensed Areas:

100. No change since previous inspection

101. Premises Licence expiry date – 4 February 2028

Record Keeping/ Signed Agreements:

102. All requests for cadaveric material from the Anatomy Department, University of Glasgow are emailed to a licensed teacher who then logs the specimens out of the department and logs them back in on their return.

Code of Conduct:

103. A Code of Conduct and information sheet is given to all those attending courses in the College which is signed and returned to the licensed teacher.

104. No bodies currently on site.

Course Run at the College:

105. See the appendix.