Organ donation varies across UK

Oct 4 2011

There is significant variation across the UK in the number of organs donated for transplant, research suggests.

More studies are needed into why this happens before any new law for presumed consent is introduced in the UK, experts said.

Their study found that England had significantly fewer heart donations than both Wales and Northern Ireland. However, the rate of heart donations has fallen over the past 20 years for Wales, Scotland and England, they said.