People across England are being encouraged to use the NHS App as an easy way to register their organ donation decision – as more than 7,000 patients actively wait for a transplant. The total number of organ donation decisions registered for the first time through the NHS App has increased by over a fifth…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/23/heart-transplant-waiting-lists-reach-record-high-doubling-number/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Heart transplant waiting lists reach record high, with doubling in number waiting Heart transplant waiting lists are at a record high, with the numbers waiting more than doubling in a decade. Experts said the number of hearts donations is failing to keep pace with growing…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45197374 By BBC Health News An opt-out organ donation register in England may not increase the number of organs because grieving relatives could be less sure what their loved ones had wanted, a study suggests. Under the opt-out system, planned to come in from 2020, consent is presumed unless family members…
This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43699485 By http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43699485 A record number of people donated organs in the UK last year, with the highest increase in 28 years. There were 1,575 donors, an 11% increase on the previous year. Ben Glean from Grimsby, who died aged 18, was one of those donors. He suffered a cardiac arrest from…