Introduction to NHSBT and our publication scheme
Classes of information Identifies the 15 broad categories of information.
Useful resources Web sites and publications related to FOI publication schemes.

Kidney allocation is determined by the degree of matching between donor and patient.
Liver allocation is based on blood group and size compatibility, as is the allocation of
Heart and lungs (cardiothoracic organ sharing principles).
Cornea allocation is less complicated, most operations being planned well in advance.
Pancreas allocation scheme was introduced in August 2003.

Kidney transplant list criteria for both adults and children were agreed in February 2003.
Living kidney donation arrangements for altruistic non-directed and paired pooled donation were introduced in September 2006.
Liver protocols and guidelines for liver transplanatation in adults and children.
Heart and lung includes pre - transplant assessment and post - transplant documentation.
Pancreas protocols for the transplantation of kidney and pancreas or pancreas alone.

Hospital policy for organ & tissue donation (pdf only)

Giving consent for use of your information (pdf only)

Business plan UK Transplant no longer produces a separate business plan but its work plan now forms part of the overall NHSBT business plan. The sections specific to UKT can be found at the above link

Advisory Group papers document the discussions by the groups of experts brought together regularly to advance transplantation.

Can we count on you? provides information aimed at black people who are three times as likely as the general population to need a kidney transplant. Read the leaflet

Can we count on you? provides information aimed at the south Asian community. Asian people are three times more likely than the general population to need a kidney transplant. Read the leaflet in English or download copies in Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu and Bengali.

'Organ donation.The Gift of life' is a leaflet providing general information about the NHS Organ Donor Register in a range of different languages. Read the leaflet in English (Word format) or click the links below to download other language leaflets in PDF format:

A series of leaflets outlining the main views of each faith and are a discussion tool for use with potential donor families in intensive care units.

Could I be a living kidney donor? is a leaflet which explains what happens when a kidney is donated by a relative.

Bulletin is the quarterly newsletter produced for everyone involved in organ transplantation and donation. Sectional pdf files are available in addition to one of the whole publication.

Transplant Activity reports activity for the previous financial year and is produced in separate versions for the UK and for the Republic of Ireland.

Organ donation - your questions answered is a 24 page leaflet which answers the most commonly asked questions about organ and tissue donation.

How to find us - address, location map and directions to our building on the edge of Bristol

Transplants save lives includes facts about the transplants carried out in the previous financial year.

Did you know? includes many of those little-known extra facts about transplantation.

The NHS Organ Donor Register - a history includes details of the launch of the Register in 1994, following a long campaign by a donor family.

Cornea transplants - the gift of sight gives facts and figures about cormea transplants. Over 2,200 people have their sight restored by cornea transplants every year.

The cost-effectiveness of transplantation which saves lives and money.

Religious perspectives details the results obtained in 2006 from research commissioned to assess attitudes amongst south Asian and black communities towards organ donation.

Transplantation milestones from the early years of the 20th Century onwards.