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The new rules in England, which came into force in May 2020, mean everyone is presumed to be an organ donor when they die unless they have opted out.

The latest figures from NHS Blood and Transplant make for troubling reading. They reveal 3,781 transplants were carried out in England in 2022/23 compared with 4,057 in 2019/20.

It was a landmark change in the law, designed to revolutionise organ transplants and slash long waiting lists for seriously ill patients needing life‑saving surgery.

Testing older potential organ donors for dangerous 'zombie' cells could help to increase the number of hearts available for transplant, according to research part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.

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EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Meredith has waited 14 times longer than average for a new liver.

Researchers have secured £1m to refine method of scoring potential organs by comparing images

Artificial intelligence (AI) can pick donor organs for transplant with much greater accuracy than humans, experts have said.

A highly critical report by the Care Quality Commission, the official watchdog, is expected in coming days