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 […]
