UK Transplant has launched a fun online application to spread the word about organ donation. Superhero-me invites people to create their own superhero character, showing that everyone can be a superhero and save a life by joining the NHS Organ Donor Regsiter. Visit superhero-me.co.uk to find out more!
Transplants save lives
At UK Transplant we are doing everything with one focus - to save or improve the lives of thousands of people every year through organ transplantation.
Thank you...
to the 15,633,982 people – 25% of the population – who have said they want to help others to live after their death by joining the NHS Organ Donor Register.
The NHS was 60 on the 5th July. Since its creation in the summer of 1948, the NHS has made constant developments in patient care and has been responsible for saving millions of lives. Some of the significant transplant milestones that have happened over the last 60 years include:
- The first heart transplant in the UK took place on May 3 1968 at the National Heart Hospital in Marylebone, London. By December 2007, 5,328 heart transplants had been carried out in the UK.
- David Lomas aged 20 donated part of his liver to his father Stephen in 2007 in the first living liver donation operation to happen in the UK.
NHS Blood and Transplant to establish national organ donation organisation
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) welcomed the publication of the report of the Organ Donation Taskforce set up by the Government. More on the Organ Donation Taskforce
Latest news releases
- Be a Superhero - save a life (13 August)
- Transplant numbers at new record - thanks to living donors (11 July)
NHSBT Equality and Diversity
In order to meet its commitment to promote diversity and equality for all NHSBT has developed a Single Equality Scheme.