The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (NHS Blood and Transplant Periodic Review) Regulations 2009
These Regulations require the Care Quality Commission to conduct periodic reviews of the carrying on of a regulated activity in England by NHS Blood and Transplant, a Special Health Authority established by S.I. 2005/2529. The regulated activity to be reviewed, set out in regulation 3 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Registration of Regulated Activities) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/660), is the management by NHS Blood and Transplant of―the supply of blood, blood components and blood derived products intended for transfusion;the supply of tissues and tissue derived products intended for transplant, grafting or use in a surgical procedure; andthe matching and allocation of donor organs intended for transplant, and of stem cells and bone marrow intended for transfusion.