Policies and guidance
Guidance and Policies describe how clinicians, scientists and others work to deliver the service.
The polices are usually developed by the appropriate Advisory Group in discussion with other patient and lay groups and professional organisations.
When agreed, these are reviewed and approved by the Transplant Policy Review Committee, which acts on behalf of the Board of NHSBT where the statutory responsibility lies.
When appropriate, guidelines are issued in conjunction with appropriate professional or statutory bodies. These policies are regularly reviewed and revised.
Selection, registration and allocation policies
- Introduction to Patient Selection and Organ Allocation Policies - POL200 (PDF 795KB)
- Exceptional Donation Requests Policy - POL322 (PDF 393KB)
- Assessment of allocation policies for organs from deceased donors - POL187 (PDF 240KB)
- Non-compliance with selection and allocation policies - POL198 (PDF 237KB)
- Patient Selection and Organ Allocation Policies Review and Approval (Organs) - POL223 (PDF 798KB)
- Patient Registration for Transplantation - POL247 (PDF 273KB)
- Registering a Patient for Transplantation - MPD1211 (PDF 405KB)
- Management of Mass Activations or Suspensions of Potential Transplant Recipients - MPD1497 (PDF 247KB)
Cornea selection and allocation
- Cornea Selection Policy - POL190 (PDF 68KB)
- Cornea Allocation Policy - POL189 (PDF 222KB)
- NHSBT Divergent Outcomes Policy - Response to Signals Arising from Audit of Corneal Transplantation Outcomes - POL308 (PDF 367KB)
Heart selection and allocation
Intestinal selection and allocation
Kidney selection and allocation
- Kidney Selection Policy - POL184 (438KB)
- Kidney Allocation Policy - POL186 (PDF 360KB)
- Living Donor Kidney Transplantation - POL274 (PDF 250KB)
Liver selection and allocation
- Liver Selection Policy - POL195 (PDF 934KB)
- Deceased Donor Liver Distribution and Allocation - POL196 (PDF 469KB)
- Registration process for liver indications requiring additional waiting time - SOP5907 (PDF 626KB)
- Living Donor Liver Transplantation - POL402 (PDF 402KB)
Lung selection and allocation
Pancreas selection and allocation
Additional policy and guidance
- Updated Directions NHSBT (England) 2020 and guidance
- Covering Information Sheet - Recipient Correspondence - FRM6473 (Word 46KB)
- Standard Operating Procedure for Transplanting Centre Following a Cumulative Sum (CUSUM) Signal - SOP5963 (PDF 372KB)
- Organ Outcome Enquiry Form - FRM6619 (Word 55KB)
- New Findings Made at Transplant Centres Requiring Histopathology Assessment - SOP5735 (PDF 1MB)
- National Histopathology Request Form – for use by Transplant Centre FRM6390 (Word 49KB)
- Positive transport fluid - MPD1338 (PDF 297KB)
- Rapid Alert – Positive Transport Fluid Result - FRM5964 (Word 90.9KB)
- Clinical contraindications to approaching families for possible organ donation - POL188 (PDF 253KB)
- NHSBT BTS Guidelines for consent for solid organ transplantation in adults - POL191 (PDF 403KB)
- Responsibilities of Clinicians for the Acceptance of Organs from Deceased Donors - POL192 (PDF 231KB)
- NHSBT BTS Transition Change of Care Guidance (PDF 27KB)
- Instructions for Use - Organ Boxes - INF1512 (PDF 672KB)
- Organ Boxes - Frequently Asked Questions (PDF 43KB)
- Active BTS Standards and Guidelines
- The Transplantation Society Guidelines
- The American Society for Transplantation
- Kidney Recipient Information Leaflet QUOD - INF1410 (PDF 240KB)
- Information Leaflet for recipient of livers from donors participating in QUOD - INF1409 (PDF 241KB)
- Guide to the Quality & Safety of Organs for Transplantation
- Living donor clinical guidelines and legal requirements
- Portal for rare diseases and orphan drugs
- Liver - Logistic Back-up Offering - INF1605 (PDF 374KB)
- Cardiothoracic - Logistic Back-up Offering - INF1606 (PDF 226KB)
- Ad-hoc Tissues Request Form - FRM6512 (PDF 233KB)
HHV8 infection – guidance for clinicians
National operating procedures
- Donor and Organ Characterisation Assessment and Allocation in Deceased and Living Donation and Transplantation - NOP001 - POL278 (PDF 329KB)
- Verification of Donor Identity Consent and Authorisation Organ and Donor Characterisation in deceased and Living Donation and Transplantation - NOP002 - POL279 (PDF 326KB)
- Packaging Labelling and Transport of Organs in Deceased and Living Donation and Transplantation - NOP003 - POL280 (PDF 277KB)
- Management of Procurement Material and Equipment in Deceased and Living Donor and Transplantation - NOP004 - POL281 (PDF 280KB)
- Activities to be Performed Under the Guidance of a Registered Medical Practitioner - NOP005 - POL282 (PDF 265KB)
- Transfer and Storage of Donor and Organ Characterisation Information and Storage of Traceability Data - NOP006 - POL283 (PDF 312KB)