Organs: Donors
(asked on 4th July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many organ donations were made in England in each of the last five financial years by deceased individuals who were not on the Organ Donor Register.
NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for organ donation and transplantation in the UK.
NHS Blood and Transplant have advised that the following table sets out information on the number of organ donors in England who were not registered on the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR) and the number of donors who were registered.
The table also shows the number of families approached who did not consent to organ donation for eligible donors who had not expressed a wish to donate on the ODR or the donation wish was not known at time of approach. Also shown is the number of families approached who have overridden express consent for donation for potential donors who had expressed a wish to donate on the ODR and it was known at time of approach.
| 2013/2014 | 2014/2015 | 2015/2016 | 2016/2017 | 2017/2018 |
Number of deceased organ donors: - who were not registered on the ODR | 653 | 597 | 640 | 660 | 692 |
- who were registered on the ODR | 451 | 469 | 504 | 507 | 662 |
Number of families approached but who did not give consent to organ donation for an eligible donor who had not expressed a wish to donate on the ODR or donation wish was not known at time of approach | 1,029 | 1,063 | 925 | 928 | 891 |
Number of families approached but who have overridden express consent to organ donation for an eligible donor who was on the ODR and this was known at time of approach | 85 | 80 | 85 | 67 | 72 |
Source: NHS Blood and Transplant, 2018
Note:
All figures are for England.