National Organ Donation Committee
The National Organ Donation Committee (NODC) is an advisory committee to the Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Directorate (OTDT) of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). NODC acts as the national representative body for the twelve UK Regional Organ Donation Collaboratives.
The membership of the Committee includes the Regional Heads of Nursing for Organ Donation and the respective Regional Clinical Leads (Find more information about Regional Collaboratives here). Additionally, the membership includes National Clinical Leads and Regional Organ Donation Committee Chairs.
NODC meetings are attended by representatives of relevant professional bodies, lay members and senior staff from OTDT.
There are two meetings a year, and one subgroup meeting, which are chaired by Dr Dale Gardiner, Associate Medical Director – Deceased Organ Donation.