Common use of Interdependencies with other services Clause in Contracts

Interdependencies with other services. Organ donation and transplantation is a complex system that requires input from multiple specialties and organisations throughout the patient pathway therefore many internal and external interdependencies exist. Optimum delivery of the service requires effective working relationships with the following services: • Medical specialities including cardiology and obstetrics • Theatre capacity and capability • Intensive care and high dependency infrastructure • Pathology and histology and immunology laboratories for purposes of organ donation and post-transplant monitoring. • Organ retrieval demand and rotas