Deliberative workshop

A deliberative workshop with recruited members of the public was held on 26 July 2010 in Bristol to discuss the issues raised by the donation of bodily material in medicine and research.

The workshop, organised in collaboration with the consultancy Opinion Leader and funded by the Wellcome Trust, brought together 44 people from the Bristol area. The participants were recruited to represent a cross-section of the UK community and none had had a close personal experience of donation (except blood donation).

The Working Party will discuss a report of the workshop in September 2010 alongside other evidence and views it has gathered.

The report of the workshop will be published with the Council's final report on human bodies in medicine and research in autumn 2011.