Could the organ shortage ever be met?

Table 1 Deceased organ donors, UK, 2012/13 compared with 2007/08 by nation of donor hospital and 2013/14 figures

	2007/08	2012/13	% increase	2013/14
England	688	1026	49.1	1097
Wales	45	52	15.6	60
Scotland	54	94	74.1	108
N Ireland	22	40	81.8	48
Total	809	1212	49.8	1313

Please note that % increase for Wales for 2011/12 over the 2007/8 baseline was 49 % (they had 67 deceased donors in that year)*
Source: NHS Blood and Transplant News Release 11^th April 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news-and-media/news-articles/news_2013_04_11.asp and NHSBT Overview of Organ donation and transplantation 2013–14 figure 2.1. p.7 http://nhsbtmediaservices.blob.core.windows.net/organ-donation-assets/pdfs/overview.pdf
*In Wales the op-out system is due to be introduced in 2015 but no specific evidence has either linked the fall in donor numbers between 2011/12 and 2012/13 to the proposed opt out legislation or ruled out a link

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