Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO)
The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) advises UK ministers and health departments on the most appropriate ways to ensure the safety of blood, cells, tissues and organs for transfusion or transplantation.
Membership
The members are:
- Dr Su Brailsford (chair)
- Mr Amanpreet Dhesi (biomedical scientist)
- Professor Neil Hawkins (health economist)
- Mr Roger Graham (lay representative for organ transplantation)
- Dr George Greenhall (transplant nephrologist)
- Professor Yacoub Khalaf (IVF, fertility and stem cell specialist)
- Dr Ines-Ushiro-Lumb (virology)
- Professor Jean Manson (prion specialist)
- Professor Michael Murphy (haematologist)
- Dr Adnan Sharif (transplant physician)
- Professor Peter Simmonds (microbiologist)
- Professor Marc Turner (regenerative medicine specialist)
- Professor Mark Vickers (haematologist)
- Dr Sharon Zahra (tissue donation and transplantation)
- Ms Ella Poppit (nurse)
Secretariat
Seetha Abdul Wahab (NHS Blood and Transplant)
Terms of reference
Code of practice