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Catalan Organisational Model
Advisory committees
Advisory committees are made up of professionals whose functions include providing the Catalan Health Service and Ministry of Health and Social Security with information and opinions on specific health issues that may be useful for planning and making rational use of available resources in order to ensure the community has access to the healthcare that best suits its needs.
With regard to transplantation, different advisory committees have been set up to discuss scientific, technical, ethical, legal and organisational issues relating to this activity and to work with OCATT to carry out its functions.
Each committee is made up of experts in their field, as well as OCATT representatives.
The following advisory committees are currently active:
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| Organ transplantation |
Liver
Heart
Lung
Renal and pancreas |
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| Tissue transplantation |
Bone and tendon
Cornea
Haemopoietic stem cell
Vascular |
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Organ and tissue procurement
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The committees have been assigned the following responsibilities to achieve their goals:
· Preparing and updating medical criteria and indications for transplantation in accordance with the committee’s own research and scientific literature.
· Preparing and revising action protocols regarding organ and tissue procurement, sharing and transplantation.
· Ensuring transplantation waiting lists are managed fairly.
· Proposing studies to improve the effectiveness of each kind of transplantation.
· Drawing up reports and providing advice on areas relating to donation and transplantation at the request of the Catalan Health Service (CatSalut) and the Ministry of Health and Social Security.
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OCATT
Advisory committees
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