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The NHS has partnered with dating app Tinder to raise awareness about organ donations.
The app is used to find people a good personality match but for the next fortnight it will also encourage users to become a donor.
People who swipe on some pictures on the app will be encouraged to sign up to the NHS organ donor register.
The NHS said that it wants more younger people to join its campaign.
In July, NHS Blood and Transplant reported that the number of people in the UK donating organs after death had fallen for the first time in more than a decade.
There are just under 7,000 people currently on the UK transplant waiting list and, in the last decade, more than 6,000 people across the UK have died while waiting for an operation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35070858
The app is used to find people a good personality match but for the next fortnight it will also encourage users to become a donor.
People who swipe on some pictures on the app will be encouraged to sign up to the NHS organ donor register.
The NHS said that it wants more younger people to join its campaign.
In July, NHS Blood and Transplant reported that the number of people in the UK donating organs after death had fallen for the first time in more than a decade.
There are just under 7,000 people currently on the UK transplant waiting list and, in the last decade, more than 6,000 people across the UK have died while waiting for an operation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35070858