What recent discussions it has had with the NHS Blood and Transplant Organ Donation and Transplantation Directorate regarding the availabil…

Blood policy is already fully devolved to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service is the specialist provider of transfusion medicine in Scotland, supplying high quality blood, tissues, cells and services. Their key priority is to ensure that NHSScotland has enough blood to meet the transfusion needs of patients in Scotland.
Organ donation and transplant activity across the UK is co-ordinated by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) which operates in Scotland under a contractual arrangement with the Scottish Government. The Scottish Government contributes to the running costs of NHSBT, and the organisation is accountable to Scottish Ministers for the organ donation and transplantation activities it undertakes in Scotland.
Donation and transplantation activity has always been delivered on a collaborative basis across the UK as it is in the best interests of patients to ensure that organs have the best match to recipients. If Scotland becomes independent this will continue to be the case, in much the same way that the Health Service Executive of the Republic of Ireland cooperates with the UK on transplants currently. This mirrors the experience in other parts of Europe where groups of countries work collaboratively across borders to achieve the best outcomes for their patients.