There has been a significant effort to improve the Organ Transplant programme within the UK over the last few years. That effort has resulted in significant improvements on the number of registered donors - but there is obviously room for further improvement.
There is a big discussion going on at the moment on additional initiatives to encourage further organ donation, ranging from paying the funeral costs for those individuals who donate their organs upon death through to the concept of presumed consent ( or opt-out), and these systems are being trialled in various parts of the country.
Indeed, Wales are at the stage of bringing forward a legislative bill to introduce a system of presumed consent into Law within Wales in 2015.Should that prove successful, I am sure that such a system would be extended throughout the UK.
http://www.hospitaldr...ach-to-organ-donation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...les-politics-17288827
It is almost certainly a given that, offered a transplant to replace a failed or failing organ, most people would not hesitate to accept - unyet only around 30% of those thought eligible are signed up as organ donors.More people need to do the right thing and register....
http://www.organdonat...hs.uk/ukt/default.asp