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Football fans asked to Sign for Life and support organ donation
NHS Blood and Transplant is urging football and rugby fans from grassroots upwards to make their match day chat about organ donation as part of a national campaign to increase the number of organ donors.
Teen understanding and awareness of organ donation is vital to tackling a shortage of organ donors
Today’s teens have been highlighted as ‘change makers’ who can spark the family conversations needed to raise the number of organ donors.
Better Left Unsaid
On Valentine’s Day some things are better left unsaid. And some things aren’t.
Families saying no to donation results in missed transplant opportunities for UK patients
More than 500 families in the UK have said no to organ donation taking place since 1 April 2010 despite knowing or being informed their relative was on the NHS Organ Donor Register and wanted to donate.
Russell Howard donates his voice for "The Wait"
Comedian Russell Howard lends his support to NHS Blood and Transplant’s Organ Donation Campaign, "The Wait"
Tinder joins forces with the NHS to raise awareness among young people of the importance of organ donation
Over the next two weeks, Tinder, the world’s most popular app for meeting new people, is partnering with NHS Blood and Transplant to draw attention to a different kind of search for a match – the challenging wait for a donor match.
Landmark day for organ donation law in Wales – soft ‘opt-out’ system comes into force
Today, Tuesday 1st December 2015, a new law covering organ and tissue donation in Wales comes into force and a soft ‘opt-out’ system is introduced.
NHS Blood and Transplant reveals nearly 49,000 people in the UK have had to wait for a transplant in the last decade
Almost 49,000 people in the UK have endured the wait for an organ transplant in the last 10 years and over 6,000, including 270 children, have died before receiving the transplant they desperately needed, new statistics reveal.
Call for black blood and organ donors to ‘Be There’ for their community
Call for black blood and organ donors to ‘Be There’ for their community
Publicity about UK’s youngest organ donor prompted millions to think and talk about organ donation
Publicity about UK’s youngest organ donor prompted millions to think and talk about organ donation