Making the decision to register
To decide whether or not you wish to give life to someone else after you have died is something very personal and it is important that everyone makes their own decision.
Even if you already carry a donor card you should join the NHS Organ Donor Register to ensure your wishes are recorded. Discuss your decision with those closest to you so that they are aware, should the time ever come.
Adding your name to the register will only take a few minutes of your time. But it could save someone else's life.
Here, some of those who have signed up give their reasons for joining the Organ Donor Register.
"I think it is selfish not to register to be an organ donor. We have enough organs in our bodies to save or improve the lives of 10 to 15 people after we are dead. I work in the health service and I feel it is my moral duty to be on the register."
Kidney transplant liaison nurse, Hammersmith Hospital London
"Organ donation is the gift of life - there is no greater gift. Charity is very important within Islam and we want people to see organ donation as the greatest act of charity. I would not practice transplant surgery if I did not believe it is right according to my faith."
"Organ donation can be a very concrete and sacrificial way of helping others in need."
Bishop of Rochester
