More Than 2,300 New Blood Donors Are Needed Locally To Meet Demand

More Than 2,300 New Blood Donors Are Needed Locally To Meet Demand
June 21, 2022

NHS Blood and Transplant are urging people in the region to give blood as new targets reveal 2,356 new donors are needed in the city to save lives over the next year.

Nationally one million more blood donors are needed over the next five years to ensure patients receive the right type of blood to save and improve their lives, with a particular need for Black African, Black Caribbean and younger donors.

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World Kidney Day: 25 People In East Riding Need Transplant

World Kidney Day: 25 People In East Riding Need Transplant
March 10, 2022

With kidney transplants dropping a third during the pandemic, it’s more important than ever for people in East Riding of Yorkshire to share their organ donation decision and consider living kidney donation

NHS Blood and Transplant says kidney transplant activity is recovering but this World Kidney Day thousands of patients are waiting and could wait longer

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Families In The East Riding Urged To Have A Heart-to-Heart This Valentine’s Day

Families In The East Riding Urged To Have A Heart-to-Heart This Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2022

With more than 300 people, including more than 40 children*, waiting for a heart transplant this Valentine’s Day, NHS Blood and Transplant is calling on families to have a heart-to-heart about organ donation.

While heart transplants have continued throughout the pandemic, with only 7% less in 2020/21 compared to the year before, the waiting list for a heart transplant has risen 85% in the last decade, from 169 patients in March 2012 to 313 in March 2021. It is more important than ever that families share their decisions around organ donation to save more lives.

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Make A Difference By Registering As A Blood Or Organ Donor

Make A Difference By Registering As A Blood Or Organ Donor
January 17, 2022

Donating blood or organs are the most important things you can do to make a difference to someone else’s life, according to new research which ranks altruistic acts. 

A survey of 2,189 adults in England placed blood and organ donation top in a poll of ways that people felt they could make a real difference to other people’s lives.

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The Greatest Gift This Christmas Could Be Saving A Life

The Greatest Gift This Christmas Could Be Saving A Life
December 14, 2021

As Christmas approaches NHS Blood and Transplant is calling on families in the North East and Yorkshire to talk about organ donation and register their decision to help save lives.

With some families hoping to get together for Christmas for the first time since the pandemic began, NHS Blood and Transplant is urging people to take a moment during the celebrations to talk about their organ donation decision and to leave their family members certain of what they want to happen.

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New Organ Donation Law In England Already Saving Lives

New Organ Donation Law In England Already Saving Lives
November 24, 2020

Six months since Max and Keira’s Law (Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2020) came into effect in England and saw the country shift to an ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation.

The new law, which saw England change to an opt-out system alongside Wales and Jersey, means that people in England are now considered as willing to donate, unless they have opted out, are in one of the excluded groups[1] or have told their family they don’t want to donate.

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Former Airline Captain From Leeds To Collect COVID Convalescent Plasma

Former Airline Captain From Leeds To Collect COVID Convalescent Plasma
October 8, 2020

Nick Gifford, 52 from Scarcroft in Leeds, had been working as an airline captain for 13 years before the pandemic hit. He lost his job as flights were grounded across the world.

Nick, the father of two, is now training to collect convalescent plasma as NHS Blood and Transplant urgently calls for more people who have had the coronavirus to donate convalescent plasma in Leeds.

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Families In East Riding Of Yorkshire Are Being Urged To Talk About Organ Donation

Families In East Riding Of Yorkshire Are Being Urged To Talk About Organ Donation
July 23, 2020

New figures published by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) show that last year (2019/20) 1,580 people in the UK donated their organs after they died. In East Riding Of Yorkshire, 11 people gave the gift of life, by donating their organs after death.

The national deceased organ donor figures were on course to surpass the previous year’s total, but unfortunately, the global COVID-19 pandemic hit in March and had a wide-reaching impact across the whole NHS and every aspect of UK society.

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