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Midlands residents asked to be ‘One in a Million’ as  organ donation support falls by almost a fifth

NHS Blood and Transplant is calling on people in the Midlands to be ‘One in a Million’ by registering their decision to be an organ donor. The plan, which was announced on 5th August 2026 is to increase the number of people in the UK on the NHS Organ Donor Register - aiming to increase from 29 million to 30 million people to be registered donors by the end of the year. The challenge of gaining over a million first time UK registrations by the start of 2027 is designed to tackle the growing dilemma of declining family consent rates and ensure […]

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Lung transplant patient Matthew Smith

Derby

Over 1,500 East Midlanders await an organ transplant, but the region is least likely to be home to donors

Over 1,500 (1,544) people in the Midlands are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplant – but the number of people in the area who have registered an organ donation decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR) is one of the lowest in the country. Just 36% of people in the Midlands have formally expressed their decision to be a donor by registering on the ODR - proportionally, the second lowest rate in the country and below the England average of […]

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