Find a medical school
To find a medical school to donate you body use the tool below.
Donating your body to a medical school is a valuable gift. Your donation will become an important resource for training healthcare professionals or for research.
The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) licenses organisations that collect or receive bodies or other human materials.
Under the Human Tissue Act 2004, written and witnessed consent must be given prior to death. Consent cannot be given by anyone else after your death.
People living in Scotland can find more information about body donation on the Scottish government website.
How to donate your body to a medical school
Anyone can decide to donate their body, and medical schools welcome the offer of a donation.
To donate your body, we recommend the follow steps:
- Discuss your wishes with family and friends
- Contact your nearest medical school for further information
- Complete the consent form they provide
- Keep a copy of the form with your will
- Tell your family, close friends, executor and doctor of your intention to donate
Find a medical school
Medical schools which accept donated bodies will normally only accept donations from within their local area due to the transport costs involved.
Offers of body donation from outside the area may be accepted on the condition that the donor’s estate bears the cost of transporting the body. Full details can be obtained directly from the medical schools.
Use the list below to find your nearest medical school. Click on the individual medical school to find more information.
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Postcode Covered
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Phone
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Contact name
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| University of Bristol School of Anatomy | PL, BS, BA, GL, EX, TA, TQ, TR | 0117 954 6203 | Sue Foot, Laura Savage, and Joseph Madden-Kennedy |
| University of Cambridge medical school | LU, IP, SG, PE, AL, CB, CO, CM, HP | 01223 333776 | Jasmine Guizzetti |
| University of Leeds medical school | LS, HX, CA, BD, HG, HD, WF | 0113 343 4297 | Sarah Wilson |
| University of Leicester medical school | LE, MK, NN, PE1-12, PE20-25, CV, DN1-13 | 0116 252 3082 | Michelle Lawrence/Claire Wilson |
| University of Liverpool medical school | LA, L, IM, PR, CH, BB, FY, WA, WN | 0151 794 5442 | Claire Crumbleholme |
| University of Manchester medical school | M, SK1-16, OL, BL, SK22, SK23, WA | 0161 275 5241 or 0161 275 5399 | Janice Holman / Frances Hogan |
| University of Oxford medical school | RG, OX, SN | 01865 272181 | Oxford Bequest Office |
| University of Southampton | PO, BH, DT, SO, SP | 02380 592630 | Kirsteen E. Coombes |
| Scotland | AB, ML, KW, KA, IV, PH, PA, DD, DG, EH, TD, ZE | Health Quality and Safety Branch G.ER | |
| Cardiff University | LD, SA, NP, CF, SY10, SY15-25 | 02920 874370 | Bequest Officer |
| Hull York Medical School | HU, DN14-39, YO | 01482 464750 | Bequeathal secretary |
| Keele University Medical school | LL, SK10, CW, SK11, SK17, ST, TF, WS | 01782 734690 | Bequeathal Secretary |
| London Anatomy Office medical school | N, ME, KT, IG, RH, SE, RM, NW, DA, CT, CR, BR, BN, HA, GU, EN, EC, E, SL, SM, SS, SW, TN, TW, UB, W, WC, WD | 020 7848 8042 | Donations Officer |
| Newcastle University medical school | NE, DH, DL, SR, TS | 0191 208 6616 | Donation Officer |
| Norwich Medical School - University of East Anglia | NR | 01603 591104 | Helen Sayers |
| Queen’s University Belfast medical school | BT | 028 9097 2131 | Bequeathal Secretary |
| University of Birmingham medical school | HR, B, DY, SY, WR, WV | 0121 414 6811 | Bequeathal Secretary |
| University of Nottingham | LN, NG, DE | 0115 823 0143 | Anatomy Bequest Coordinator |