organ donation

Wales' opt-out system for organ donation has not increased the number of donors in the two years since it was introduced, a study has confirmed. Adults in Wales are presumed to have consented to organ donation unless they have opted out. The data was published in a Welsh Government report...

ALMOST 30,000 Lancashire people have signed up to leave the legacy of life since the Lancashire Evening Post launched its campaign to recruit more organ donors. In January last year, we launched our Lancashire: Giving The Gift Of Life campaign with the aim of spurring on an extra 2,016 people...

Hundreds of people in the UK have received an organ transplant from someone with a history of cancer, despite many believing you cannot donate if you have had the disease. A total of 272 organ donors across the UK in the past five years had a history of cancer, according to data obtained by the...

GLASGOW, Scotland — A 107-year-old woman, who donated her corneas after her death, has become Scotland's oldest organ donor. And the woman, who was not identified, saved the sight of a younger patient. Lesley Hogan of National Health Service Blood and Transplant revealed that the donation had...

On Tuesday, Wales will become the first UK country to introduce a revolutionary new approach to organ donation with a presumed consent ‘opt-out’ system. This is the story of how we got there. Wales will become the first country in the UK to introduce a revolutionary new approach to organ...