One in three now willing to donate organs

The number of people willing to donate their organs after death has reached a record 18 million.

Data from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) shows almost one in three (30 per cent) people in the UK are on the organ donor register.

Scotland has the highest proportion at 37 per cent. All parts of the UK have seen a rise but in both London and the West Midlands the proportion is 24 per cent. The data comes after NHSBT warned last week of a “generation gap” in blood donors.

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Figures show a 20 per cent drop in the number of young people giving blood during the past decade and only 4 per cent of eligible donors give blood.

Sally Johnson, director of organ donation and transplantation at NHSBT, said the latest figures are “a fantastic achievement”.