Kieran Lamb
For every three people who will benefit from an organ transplant this year, a fourth will die while waiting for a match to become available. More than 7,000 will simply wait, enduring another year of painfully restricted life. Put brutally, not enough people are dying who have healthy organs that they or their families are willing to donate. Earlier this year, the government's Organ Donation Taskforce recommended improvements in the way organ donation is managed. They will be fully implemented, and in five years' time should have raised transplants by 25%.
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