Plymouth City Council is calling on the Government to consider a ‘soft opt out’ system on organ donation, following last week’s launch of the #TimeToSign organ donation campaign.
The Council has put forward a motion backing a move away from people having to ‘opt-in’ to organ donation, to the system backed by both the British Medical Association (BMA) of a ‘soft opt out system’, under...
There are 180 people in Devon waiting for a transplant this Christmas and 32 Devon residents have died in the last five years due to the shortage of organs.
NHS Blood and Transplant is highlighting the figures as it asks people to talk to their families over the festive period about their decision to be an organ donor.
NHS Blood and Transplant has also released the results of a...
A strategy to achieve world class performance in organ donation and transplantation, ‘Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020 - a UK Strategy’ is launched today (Thursday 11 July) with the backing of the four UK health ministers. It sets the agenda for increasing organ donation and transplantation rates to world class standards over the next seven years and builds on success in increasing...
More than 3,100 lives were transformed by deceased donors in the last 12 months as the NHS hit the 50% increase in deceased organ donation, the challenge set by the Organ Donation Taskforce in 2008.
The figures have been announced by the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) service.
"This is an outstanding achievement that few thought possible at the time this ambition was set. It...
