Useful addresses

An organisation set up by transplant professionals to provide accurate, up-to-the-minute information for the media.

TIME (Transplants in Mind)

5 The Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1PL

Tel: 0181 332 2247.

Set up 1990 as an umbrella organisation for charities with an interest in promoting organ donation. Declared objects include promoting a wider appreciation of the needs of patients on transplant waiting lists and helping to improve the supply of donor organs. Organises various activities, including the annual National Transplant Week.

Transplant Support Week

251 Oakworth Road, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 1RN

Tel: 01535 211041.

Pioneered late 1994 to offer support to patients and carers, especially those new to the scene. Hopes to develop in a number of areas, including information, counselling, referral etc.

United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority (UKTSSA)

Fox Den Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS12 6RR

Tel: 0117 975 7575.

UKTSSA became a Special Health Authority of the NHS in 1991 but its forerunner was originally set up in 1972. Today it offers a range of facilities which includes: a 24-hour organ matching and allocation service; a comprehensive database of potential recipients and transplant outcomes; and the national tissue-typing reference laboratory and serum bank. UKTSSA also maintains the NHS Organ Donor Register on behalf of the Department of Health.

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