22/09/2026
It is Organ Donation week!
Welcome to Organ Donation Week!
Between 21st - 27th September we'll be sharing stories of people whose lives have been saved by organ donation, and the donor families and living donors who have made the decision to donate.
We need your help to spread the word - there are currently more than 8,700 people waiting for an organ and deceased donation rates are in decline. Every week nine people die waiting for an organ.
So, how can you help?
Family consent rates have fallen from 67% in 2020/21 to 57% last year, but we know that families support donation 90% of the time when they know their loved one’s decision, compared with around 50% when no decision is known.
We are calling on one million people who have never registered before to confirm their organ donation decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register this year. It takes just two minutes to register, and each donor can potentially save up to nine lives.
Every day, opportunities to save lives are lost because organ donation decisions aren’t known.
Confirm your decision to donate on the NHS Organ Donor Register.
It takes two minutes and you could help save nine lives.
Confirm your decision here 👉
https://register.organdonation.nhs.uk/start/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=3758&utm_content=image&utm_term=cta_openingasset
