All news on the topic: Organ donation

A mum of a little boy who waited two years for a kidney transplant is urging the South Asian community to get on the organ register after learning lower numbers of donors are reducing potential matches

Poll shows a third of donors have not told their loved ones of decision, and unwillingness to talk about death is thought to be the main reason

Crafting kitchen countertops, especially those made of quartz, has led to an increase in silicosis, a deadly lung disease, in many workers. Several have died from it

Two proud mums will cheer on a 15-year-old lad in this year’s Coventry Games - they met after one wrote letters of introduction to five people saved by her son's organs

Grace Batterson, 12, from Merseyside, has to be hooked up to a dialysis machine for 10 hours a day that leaves her "drained and exhausted" as she needs a double kidney transplant

America's Got Talent fans and judges were moved to tears by the back story and performance of two mothers who met through devastating circumstances

The then 18-month-old girl was first to use the device on board a children's air ambulance after she suffered heart failure and was flown almost 180 miles to save her life

Last year, around 3,400 transplants were blocked by families as the consent rate dropped from 66% to 62% - with some 1,130 families declining to give support last year

Patrick O’Sullivan’s wife Geraldine, 65, died from a catastrophic bleed on the brain last year - but he says knowing how she has helped others in her death has helped with his grief

Joseph Ambani, Medical Doctor from GlowBar, highlighted the red flags that strike 'early on' during the course of the devastating disease and crop up at mealtimes

Samantha Knott, 48, became a widow just five weeks after her honeymoon with the love of her life, 44-year-old Graham Knott - but now his death has saved three other people

Luke Barnes passed away earlier this year aged just 34, leaving behind his wife, 22-year-old Isobel Barnes - who hopes he is looking 'down on her living her best life'

When Leo Reed was born by caesarean section in May, 2020, at 7lb 10oz, he looked healthy - but weeks later, the family's life went upside down when it became clear the boy needed a liver transplant

Tina Turner died on Wednesday of natural causes after decades of fighting kidney disease, and continued to fight it despite having a transplant from her husband Erwin Bach

Speaking for the first time about her treatment, she says: “'I’m on one of the new medications, and nobody knows if it’s working or not. But I will have a scan fairly soon which will reveal one way or another'

Transplant patients could get hearts from abroad as the box uses oxygenated blood to keep them stable for 12 to 24 hours, up from the current three to four hours

Tributes to the music legend Tina Turner have poured in on social media after the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll died peacefully at her home in Switzerland at the age of 83

Olivia Wills, 23, walked herself into A&E on a Thursday night feeling unwell and by Sunday evening she was being blue-lighted to London in a coma

Today we ask the same question we asked yesterday: how many more have to be mauled before the Government takes action?

When we began our Change the Law for Life campaign in 2016, there were 22.5million people on the NHS Organ Donor Register - now there are more than 30m, around 46% of the population

Selena Gomez's organ donor Francia Raisa previously called out the singer for allegedly drinking after her transplant, with the news emerging after the actress' dad appeared on a news show

Doctor Joseph Ambani has revealed the 'early' warning signs of liver cancer, as most people are diagnosed during the later stages

Selena Gomez's former best pal Francia Raisa, who also donated one of her kidneys to the singer back in 2017, has seemingly thrown shade at the star who praised her back in March

Lucy Humphrey took a trip to the beach in Barry, south Wales, with her boyfriend Cenydd Owen where her dog Indie became fascinated with another beachgoer, who then became her organ donor

The technique was pioneered at the Royal Papworth hospital in Cambridge - and could boost the number of available hearts for transplants by as much as 30%