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Plea for more Asian organ donors
(BBC 03/11/2009)
People from an Asian background have been urged to register as organ donors because of a severe shortage of organs for Asian patients in the UK. About one in six people on the organ transplant waiting list is Asian but last year just 12 out of more than 500 organ donors in the UK were Asian. As a result, Asians have to wait twice as long as white patients for an organ.
One in three Scots signed up for organ donation
(The Scotsman 09/10/2009)
A THIRD of Scots are now registered to become organ donors. The statistic was contained in a UK-wide report that found about a million more people have registered to become organ donors in the past year. Officials welcomed the figures, but said too many people were still dying while waiting for a life-saving transplant. The UK's Organ Donation Taskforce published a report in January 2008 setting out 14 recommendations to achieve a 50 per cent increase in donations within five years.
Organ donation opt-out plan shelved
(Mirror 09/10/2009)
Health Secretary Andy Burnham yesterday shelved plans to introduce an organ donation opt-out system - saying it was not yet necessary to take such a radical measure. Gordon Brown has backed a "presumed consent" system where doctors are allowed to take organs after a patient's death unless they have signed a declaration forbidding transplants. But Mr Burnham said the idea was on the "back burner" because other measures had increased the supply of donor organs.
Organs still short as donors rise
(BBC 08/10/2009)
The number of people agreeing to donate their organs after death is growing, but at a slower rate than the number of patients who need them, a report warns. The first year of a concerted effort to boost UK donation rates did see the number of transplants rise as more co-ordinated services were implemented. But the Organ Donation Taskforce notes the waiting list continues to grow. The BMA doctors' union said it was time to seriously debate presumed consent, in which everyone is seen as a donor.
'End organ transplant death row'
(The Scotsman 14/09/2009)
THE system of organ donation should be changed to save the lives of thousands of people living on "an invisible death row", an Emmy award-winning writer said yesterday. Frank Deasy, writer of TV dramas including Prime Suspect and BBC's The Passion, highlighted the plight of those awaiting an organ transplant as he waits for a liver to save his life. Mr Deasy, who lives in Glasgow with his wife, backs a system where people could opt-out of being donors rather than having to opt-in as at present.
Over-55s not too old to be organ donors
(The Scotsman 28/08/2009)
MORE than half of people over the age of 55 believe they are too old or too ill to become organ donors, research has suggested. A survey for NHS Blood and Transplant found those in this age group were twice as likely as younger people to think they would not qualify as donors. However, experts said there was always a need for a range of donors from all age groups.
Mother denied daughter's kidney dies
(Telegraph 23/08/2009)
Rachel Leake's daughter Laura Ashworth, 21, had verbally promised to be her donor to save her mum's life. But after she succumbed to brain damage following an asthma attack last year, a transplant co-ordinator told the family that they would be going against Laura's wishes and giving her kidneys to strangers instead as there was no official record of the deal. This was despite the fact that Miss Leake, 41, was diabetic and she could also have been given Laura's pancreas.
Clergy appeal over organ donors
(BBC 23/06/2009)
Leaders of the UK's main religions have appealed to their followers to support a campaign to register as organ donors. They are trying to counter uncertainty about what their religions teach about organ donation. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, the head of the Muslim Council of Britain and the Chief Rabbi are among those involved. Three people die a day in the UK because there is no suitable organ available for transplant for them.
Nobody wants a donor organ from a killer
(BBC 05/06/2009)
Most people have a strong aversion to the idea of receiving a donor organ from a killer, a study suggests. Those questioned said they would be far happier receiving a transplant from someone with a good moral background, the Cheltenham Science Festival heard. It follows on from research which found one in three organ transplant patients believe they have taken on some aspects of the donor's personality. Around 16m people are on the UK organ donor register.
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