Did you know that this week is National Transplant Week?
For another part of my Queen’s Guide Award (community
service) I am working on a project to raise awareness of organ donation. As it’s
National Transplant Week I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to share
what I’m doing on this blog.
So here are a few facts that I have been sharing at various
meetings, in a hope to get people to understand the desperate need for more
donors and jog people’s memory to sign up:
- Right now there are over 7,500 people waiting for a life changing donation.
- Every year 1000 will die what waiting for an organ. That’s 3 people every day.
- One organ donor could have a life saving or changing impact on 9 different lives.
- You are more likely to need an organ than donate one.
- While 96% of people think that organ donation is a good idea, only 30% have joined the register.
- Around 90% of families are supportive if the potential donor is on the register. That falls to 40% if they are not.
The big push this year is to get people talking about their
organ donation wishes; particularly with their family. Your next of kin is the
one that makes the final decision when it comes to organ donation. So if they
know what you want, it makes that decision a lot easier and you can be more sure
that your wishes will be followed.
If you believe in organ donation, prove it and then
Pass it On!
To find out more, and more importantly sign up visit: http://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/
Thanks for reading!
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