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Background

Updated statistics

 In 2008/2009 there was:

  • a 7% increase in people signing on to the Organ Donor Register. This is now at 27% of the population (16,329,316 people).
  • a record rise in organ donor rates 11% increase in deceased organ donor rates (nearly 100 extra donors).
  • a record rise in living donation rates – 12% increase (103 extra donors).

Donation and transplants

  • 3,516 organ transplants were carried out, thanks to the generosity of 1,860 donors.
  • 977 lives were saved in the UK through a heart, lung, liver or combined heart/lungs, liver/kidney, liver/pancreas, heart/kidney or liver/kidney/pancreas transplant.
  • A total of 2,536 patients received a kidney, pancreas or combined kidney/pancreas transplant.
  • A further 2,711 people had their sight restored through a cornea transplant.
  • A record number of donors were living donors, 961 people donated a kidney or a segment of their liver or lung, representing more than half of all donors.
  • The highest number of transplants with donors after cardiac death took place - 579 transplants, a 35% increase on 2007-2008.
  • Living donor kidney transplants are increasing - 589 in 2005-2006, 690 in 2006-2007, 831 in 2007-2008 and 927 in 2008-2009 and now represent more than one in three of all kidney transplants.
  • At the end of March 2009, 7,877 patients were listed as actively waiting for a transplant.

In the NHS

  • 133 out of 195 Clinical Leads in Organ Donation have been appointed, with more being appointed every day.
  • 60 Donation Committee Lay Champions have been appointed and 53 Donation Committees have been set up and are functioning.

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