Annual report on ethnicity differences in organ donation and transplantation

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This report outlines the need for more organ donors of Black and Asian heritage, in order to help the growing number of patients waiting for life-saving transplants. It shows that in 2021-22, people of Asian heritage represented 3 per cent of deceased donors but 15 per cent of deceased donor transplants and 18 per cent of the transplant waiting list; while those of Black heritage represented 2 per cent of deceased donors but 9 per cent of deceased donor transplants and 10 per cent of the waiting list, similar to figures from the previous year. It also finds that family consent or authorisation is lower for potential donors from ethnic minority backgrounds.

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