UK Transplant is part of NHS Blood and Transplant. Its specific responsibilities include:
- managing the National Transplant Database which includes details of all donors and patients who are waiting for, or who have received a transplant
- providing a 24hr service for the matching and allocation of donor organs and making the transport arrangements to get the organs to patients
- maintaining the NHS Organ Donor Register
- improving organ donation rates by funding initiatives in the wider NHS
- contributing to the development of performance indicators, standards and protocols which guide the work of organ donation and transplantation
- acting as a central point for information on transplant matters
- providing central support to all transplant units in the UK and Republic of Ireland
- auditing and analysing the results of all organ transplants in the UK and Republic of Ireland to improve patient care
- raising public awareness of the importance of organ donation.
UK Transplant employs about 120 people at its base at Stoke Gifford, Bristol.
The last meeting of the UK Transplant SHA board took place on 12 September 2005.