Transplant Surgery: North West

(asked on 13th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were on the organ donation waiting list in the North West on 10 March 2023.


Answered by
Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
This question was answered on 21st March 2023

NHS Blood and Transplant are responsible for organ donation in the United Kingdom. The following tables shows data transplant waiting list numbers for the North West as of 13 March 2023. Suspended indicates the patient has been temporarily removed from the list. This happens for such reasons as being too ill to undergo the operation or being absent.

Organ

Active

Suspended

Total

Kidney

598

524

1122

Kidney/pancreas

43

38

81

Kidney & pancreas is

5

2

7

Pancreas

2

10

12

Pancreas islets

0

1

1

Heart

36

25

61

Lung(s)

33

3

36

Liver

80

14

94

Intestinal

2

1

3

Other multi organ

2

0

2

Total

801

618

1419

Reticulating Splines