If you could save a life - would you?
Last year, 32 people donated their organs after death at Barts Health NHS Trust hospitals. This led to 85 life-saving or improving transplants and 10 cornea donations.
But the need is greater than ever. At the end of the financial year, more than 8,000 people were waiting for a transplant — the highest number on record. Across London, only 32% of people are registered donors , compared with 42% nationally , and consent rates remain lower among families from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Read here to learn about how Barts Health staff have experienced both sides of the organ-donor journey.
See the NHS's organ donation website for more information on organ donation.