PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Organs: Donors (2 July 2014)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
Answer
It is the responsibility of the transplanting surgeon to decide whether or not to accept a donor organ for transplant. This decision may be made both before retrieval and at retrieval, or occasionally at allocation. The following table shows those organs retrieved and subsequently transplanted over the last five years.
Percentage of organs retrieved that were subsequently transplanted | ||||
Organ | Year | DBD1 | DCD2 | Total Deceased donors |
Lung | 2013-14 | 93% | 85% | 92% |
| 2012-13 | 92% | 79% | 90% |
| 2011-12 | 96% | 90% | 95% |
| 2010-11 | 90% | 85% | 89% |
| 2009-10 | 85% | 77% | 84% |
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Kidney | 2013-14 | 94% | 87% | 91% |
| 2012-13 | 93% | 82% | 88% |
| 2011-12 | 93% | 87% | 91% |
| 2010-11 | 94% | 85% | 91% |
| 2009-10 | 93% | 87% | 91% |
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Heart | 2013-14 | 97% | - | 97% |
| 2012-13 | 100% | - | 100% |
| 2011-12 | 100% | - | 100% |
| 2010-11 | 97% | - | 97% |
| 2009-10 | 98% | - | 98% |
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Liver | 2013-14 | 95% | 70% | 89% |
| 2012-13 | 91% | 74% | 87% |
| 2011-12 | 92% | 74% | 88% |
| 2010-11 | 92% | 69% | 88% |
| 2009-10 | 93% | 73% | 89% |
Source: NHS Blood and Transplant
1Donors who died after brain death
2Donors who died after circulatory death
Answered by:
Jane Ellison (Conservative)
7 July 2014
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