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Rise in organ donations across the UK
With the NHS considering an opt-out donation scheme, data has shown that a record 170 organ donations took place across the UK in January, helping 400 lifesaving transplants.
NHS Blood and Transplant figures show that donor numbers in the UK have increased in all but one of the past 10 years, while the number of people on the transplant waiting list has decreased every year since 2009-10.
Anthony Clarkson, assistant director of organ donation and nursing at NHS Blood and Transplant, said: "January was by far the busiest month on record for organ donation thanks to 170 very special individuals. Thanks to the generosity of organ donors and the support of their families, people in desperate need of a transplant are getting a second chance at life.”
The 12-week consultation, which runs until 6 March, asks people their views on how much say families should have in their deceased relative's decision to donate their organs, when exemptions to opt out would be needed and how a new system might affect certain groups depending on age, disability, race or faith.
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