Entries by BTS Team

Professor Sir Roy Calne pays tribute to Thomas Starzl

March 7, 2017 in /by

Dear BTS member, As you will be aware, the pioneer of transplantation Thomas Starzl died at the weekend.  I am very grateful to Professor Sir Roy Calne for agreeing to write an obituary for the society members, and for writing such a heartfelt piece from someone who knew Tom. Please take time to read it […]

Call for funding for Community Initiatives

November 8, 2016 in , /by

  Living Donor Transplantation for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) have commissioned the National Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Transplant Alliance to manage the delivery of a Living donor Transplantation Initiative, up until March 2018. The funding of £90,000 is in response to a recent decline in the number of living donor transplantations among BAME (Black, […]

Masters Degree in Transplantation, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

September 23, 2016 in /by

University of Liverpool has launched a suite of 4 modules related to transplantation sciences for transplant surgeons, nephrologists and urologists. Experience in these subspecialties is essential. These modules are offered wholly online study using an interactive electronic platform, which produces a high quality interface for learning and teaching through interactive keynote lectures, discussion board and […]

Statement on media coverage

March 7, 2016 in , /by

Statement on media coverage about organ donation and women carrying babies diagnosed with non-survivable conditions In response to a number of media articles implying that women carrying babies with a non-survivable condition will be pressurised into proceeding with their pregnancy in order to donate their babies organs, the British Transplantation Society has issued the following […]

Council Strategy meeting report

December 8, 2015 in /by

At the first meeting of the BTS executive following on from a very successful Congress in Bournemouth in March 2015, it was decided that a review of the strategy of the Society was timely.

Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020

September 5, 2014 in /by

The British Transplantation Society (BTS) warmly welcomes the publication by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) of their strategic plan, ‘Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020’. This provides an excellent platform on which to develop transplantation services in the UK over the next few years. Professor Anthony Warrens, President of the BTS, commented: ‘This programme of work […]

New guidelines for living organ donation from prisoners

January 27, 2014 in /by

Living donor transplantation (LDT) is now established practice in the UK and represents 38% of overall solid organ transplant activity. The safety and welfare of living donors is paramount. Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) accounts for 97% of LDT activity and is justified on the basis of excellent patient and transplant outcomes, low donor risk […]