Transplants Save Lives
Upto April 2016
3,529 people have received transplants
6,462 people are still waiting for transplants
545 waiting for Liver
5053 waiting for Kidney
250 waiting for Heart
319 waiting for Lung
In the UK between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014:
4,655 organ transplants were carried out, thanks to the generosity of 2,466 donors.
1,328 lives were saved in the UK through a heart, lung, liver or combined heart/lungs, liver/kidney or heart/kidney transplant.
3,301 patients' lives were dramatically improved by a kidney or pancreas transplant, 188 of whom received a combined kidney/pancreas transplant.
Figures for each organ type below - please note that multi-organ transplants are counted once in each organ. E.g Heart/Lung transplants are counted in Heart and in Lung:
- Kidney - 3,257
- Pancreas - 261
- Heart - 206
- Lung - 218
- Liver - 924
- Bowel - 26
A further 3,724 people had their sight restored through a cornea transplant.
A record number of 821 kidney transplants from donors after circulatory death took place and accounted for one in four of all kidney transplants.
1,114 living donor kidney transplants were carried out accounting for more than a third of all kidney transplants. 'Non-directed' living donor transplants (also known as altruistic donor transplants) and paired and pooled donations contributed 190 kidney transplants between them.
Over 1,050,000 more people pledged to help others after their death by registering their wishes on the NHS Organ Donor Register, bringing the total to 20,239,715 (March 2014).
