Confirm your decision this Organ Donation Week

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Confirm your decision this Organ Donation Week

This Organ Donation Week, our colleagues and the wider NHS are asking those who have yet to do so to help save lives by confirming their decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register.

Sadly, someone will die today because they didn’t get the transplant they so badly needed. Most of us would accept an organ if we needed one, and you are more likely to need a transplant than you are to be a donor.

Thanks to 2,394 amazing people across the country who donated, last year, 4,583 people had their lives transformed through organ donation, but sadly more than 400 people died waiting for their transplant.

If more people were willing to confirm their decision, it would give hope to the more than 8,000 people who are on the waiting list for a life changing transplant.

One person can save up to nine lives as an organ donor; even more by donating tissue and can give the gift of sight too through cornea donation.

More people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are receiving transplants than ever before, however people with black and Asian heritage still wait longer than white patients for a transplant.

Not sure if you’re registered?

Just follow this link: https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/register-your-decision/?&campaign=3694&utm_source=otdt_southwest&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=bau_organs_2526&utm_content=partner_pack&utm_term=v1

You can also check on the NHS Apps in England and Wales, and there is no harm in registering again – it just shows how much you want to be a donor.

If you want to be an organ donor, being on the NHS Organ Donor Register makes it more likely to happen. Your choice has never been more important.

Confirm your decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register. It’s the best thing you’ll do today.