PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Kidneys: Transplant Surgery (24 May 2016)

English Parliamentary Constituency Statistics for organ donation and blood donation are published by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and updated annually online at:

http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/partnering-with-nhsbt/council-statistics/

Teesside residents who received deceased donor kidney transplants between 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2016

Source: NHS Blood and Transplant

Teesside residents who received living donor kidney transplants between 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2016

Source: NHS Blood and Transplant

Notes:

1. Teesside defined as the four unitary authorities of Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees and Redcar and Cleveland.

2. To protect patient confidentiality, NHSBT cannot provide figures less than 5 for each year.

People from a BAME background are more likely to need an organ transplant than people from white communities, as they are more susceptible to illnesses such as hypertension, diabetes and certain forms of hepatitis. As only a small percentage of deceased donors are from BAME backgrounds, this can delay a suitable kidney match being found and BAME people will often wait a year longer for a kidney transplant than people from white backgrounds.

In July 2012 the Department officially launched the National BAME Transplant Alliance (NBTA). This group was established to coordinate the work of BAME organisations working within these communities. The goal of the NBTA is to increase the number of people from a BAME background on the bone marrow and organ donation registers, increasing the individuals who consent to be donors and consequently increasing the number of bone marrow and organ transplants for people from a BAME background. The aim is also to address the persistent inequalities people from a BAME background face when trying to find a suitable bone marrow or organ donor