Project
Organ Transplant Travel Reporting Point Project
As of July 1, 2026, the Reporting Point for Organ Transplant Travel will be housed at the NTS. The reporting point is intended to gain insight into foreign transplants of Dutch patients.
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The Organ Transplant Travel Reporting Point project involves setting up the reporting point to be active at the Dutch Transplant Foundation (NTS). In addition, information and instructional materials for healthcare providers regarding the reporting point will be produced.
Reason
The current Organ Transplant Travel Reporting Point is an online form where data is collected on organ transplants for which a Dutch patient has traveled abroad. Its purpose is to use the data obtained through the reporting point to form policy aimed at combating illegal organ trafficking. Commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), the TRIP foundation (Transfusion and Transplantation Reactions In Patients) currently manages the Organ Transplant Travel reporting point and collects the resulting data.
The Safety and Quality of Body Material Act (WVKL) will be amended as of July 1, 2026. With this legislative amendment, the NTS has been commissioned by the Ministry of VWS to take over the management, operational control, and further development of the Organ Transplant Travel Reporting Point from the TRIP foundation as of July 1, 2026. In addition, the legislative amendment introduces a mandatory reporting requirement for healthcare providers, instead of an optional one. Therefore, the project will also produce information and instructional materials for those who need to be able to make a report.
What is the goal?
The reporting point is intended to gain insight into foreign transplants of Dutch patients. Why is this important?
- We want to better map out how international travel movements occur.
- We want to be able to develop targeted preventive policy.
- We want to strengthen international cooperation.
- We want to increase the safety of patients and donors.
The reports are analyzed for signs of possible illegal transplants. In this way, the reporting point contributes to detecting organ trafficking and improving national and international regulations.
Collaboration
The Organ Transplant Travel Reporting Center is being set up at the NTS. For this project, the NTS is collaborating with experts in organ trafficking and professionals from transplant centers.
In addition, there is collaboration at the European level within the Council of Europe. Because this concerns international travel, it is not useful to set up only a national reporting center. Data from various European countries is analyzed together to be able to track travel across national borders.
The project is being carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS).
Approach and planning
The project started in the first quarter of 2026. In collaboration with relevant stakeholders, arrangements will be made in 2026 for the technical construction of the reporting center at the NTS, information for patients will be created, and involved healthcare professionals who are required to report will be informed about the existence of the reporting center. The reporting center will go live at the NTS on July 1, 2026.
Information about the current reporting center
At this moment, it is possible to make a report at TRIP.
Questions about the Organ Transplant Travel Reporting Center? Email nfp@transplantatiestichting.nl.