An Appeal for Organ Donations
Anthony Clarkson, Director of Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation at NHS Blood and Transplant, calls on Hastings residents.
More than 6,800 people in the UK are spending the start of 2023 waiting for an organ transplant – and over 200 of these patients are children. These mums, dads, wives, husbands, partners, daughters, sons can only be saved by someone giving them the greatest gift, the gift of life.
Anyone can join the NHS Organ Donor Register; age and medical conditions are not necessarily a barrier to donation. One donor can save or transform up to nine lives through organ donation, or even more by donating tissue.
At a time of resolutions to do good, let people know you want to save lives. Signing up to be an organ donor is quick and easy, and makes it easier for families if they know what you want. Give hope to the thousands of people and hundreds of children on the transplant waiting list. Join the NHS Organ Donor Register at www.organdonation.nhs.uk.
From spring 2020, all adults in England are considered to have consented to be an organ donor when they die, unless they had recorded a decision not to donate, or are in one of the excluded groups. Adults covered by the change will still have a choice whether they want to be an organ donor and their families will still be involved before organ donation goes ahead.
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