Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 1450, on organ donors, if he will review that strategy to ensure it meets the target to achieve a consent rate of over 80 per cent by 2020.

The 2020 Oversight Group (with membership from the Department and the devolved administrations, NHS Blood and Transplant, professional bodies and voluntary sector stakeholders) was set up to review the progress of the ‘UK Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020’ Strategy (2013). The Group reviewed the strategy in November 2016 and developed a supplementary action plan, including identifying new actions that might contribute to increasing consent rates. The Group continues to monitor the impact of these actions

Data for 2016/17 show the highest ever consent/authorisation rates, deceased organ donor and transplants rates but we want those rates to rise further, so everyone requiring a transplant stands the best chance of receiving one.