Organ Allocation - FOI Response Register

Please provide the following information, as of present date:

1. A full copy of the algorithm(s) used to allocate organs in your health board, as described in this BBC article regarding Kidneys: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30060301#:~:text=Kidneys%20are%20allocated%20to%20individual%20patients%20on%20the%20waiting%20list%20using%20a%20complex%20computer%20algorithm.
2. Any documentation you hold, for internal use, relating to the function of the aforementioned algorithm (e.g. explaining how to interact with it, how it works, what it prioritises, and what its logic is and so on).
3. If transplant recipients are not universally allocated organs by algorithm in your health board, a description of how organs are allocated otherwise.
4. If organs are/have been allocated by committee decision in your health board since January 1st 2023, copies of the minutes of the meetings of those committees since January 1st 2023
5. How many people in your health board received an organ transplant since January 1st 2023?
6. How many people in your health board were removed from an organ transplant waiting list due to death since January 1st 2023

NHS Shetland is not an organ transplant centre.  We do not allocate organs or hold an organ transplant waiting list.  This is managed by the Edinburgh Transplant Unit.