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Katie becomes UK’s longest ever lived combined heart and lung transplant recipient
Katie Mitchell celebrated the 38th anniversary of her transplant a few days ago and passed the previous record in the summer.
Thousands of people are needlessly living with sight loss because of a shortage of donors
Too many people are waiting for a life changing transplant, with 500 patients waiting for more than a year.
More than 12,000 people lost their lives waiting for a transplant in the past decade
More than 12,000 people in the UK have died or been removed from the transplant waiting list over the past 10 years before receiving the lifesaving organs they desperately needed, new figures reveal.
Get involved in this year's Organ Donation Week
This year's Organ Donation Week starts on Monday 22 September and continues until Sunday 28 September.
Patients of Asian heritage needing a kidney transplant wait several months longer than white patients
NHS Blood and Transplant is urging more donors from the Asian community to register their decision to donate organs and save lives
Over 50s providing bigger share of donated organs than ever
New figures show that the over 50s make up more of the UK’s lifesaving organ donors than ever before.
Richard’s first time seeing himself in life about his lifesaving transplant, 40 years on
A transplant recipient has seen himself in a public information film for the first time since it was filmed more than 40 years ago.
Organ transplant waiting list hits record high as donor and transplant numbers fall
More people than ever before are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant in the UK – but donor and transplant numbers have fallen.
Colleagues pay heartfelt tribute to victims and heroes of 7/7 bombings
Colleagues from across NHS Blood and Transplant have paid tribute to the 52 people who lost their lives in the 7/7 London bombings and praised the courage of NHS staff and the selfless blood and tissue donors who helped save many others that day.
NHS introduces new training to ensure tissue and eye donation is not overlooked in the end-of-life process
This Dying Matters Week (5 to 11 May), NHS Blood and Transplant is calling on healthcare professionals and the public to ensure tissue and eye donation is an integral part of end-of-life care planning.