July 2016.pdf

The Advisory Group Chairs Committee of the Organ Donation & Transplantation Directorate, NHS Blood and Transplant, met on July 12, 2016. The meeting covered various topics, including action points, updates on previous items, and performance reports. Key points discussed include:

ODT performance report: donor numbers started well, but the last month was quiet; consent rate was 65% in May, with challenges persisting in black and Asian families.
Action points: ODT national hub, advisory group high-level priorities, improving recording of reasons for organ offer decline, guidance on sharing images, pregnancy policy, and testing of routine samples of perfusion fluid.
Updates from advisory groups: liver transplants increased by 9.7%, cardiothoracic peer review reports circulated, bowel advisory group had no current issues, kidney advisory group reviewed the 2006 Kidney Allocation Scheme, and the national organ donation committee engaged with professional bodies on pregnancy policy and catastrophic brain injury management.
Research and innovation: prioritizing research studies for access to organs, service evaluations for NRP and EVLP ongoing, and a discarded pancreas study due to start soon.