Organ And Blood Donor Information And Registration Form - Nhs

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ORGAN DONOR INFORMATION
Transplants are one of the most miraculous achievements of modern medicine. They involve the donation of organs
from one person to another and enable about 2,700 people to take on a new lease of life in the UK every year.
Kidney transplants are the most commonly performed. Transplants of the heart, liver and lungs are also regularly
carried out. As medicine advances, other vital organs including the pancreas and small bowel are also being used in
transplants. Tissue such as corneas, heart valves, skin and bone can also be donated
There is a serious shortage of donors. More than 8,000 people in the UK currently need a transplant to save or
dramatically improve their lives but fewer than 3,000 transplants are carried out each year due to the shortage of
organs.
About 400 people die every year while waiting for a suitable organ to become available
The Human Tissue Act 2004, which came into force on 1 September 2006, gives priority to the wishes of the
13.5million people on the NHS Organ Donor Register, donor card carriers and others who have said they want to
help others to live in the event of their death. It means that relatives no longer have the legal right to overrule a
loved one’s wish to donate organs or tissue.
For more information about organ donation go to
or ask for a leaflet from the Medical
Practice.
NHS ORGAN DONOR REGISTER – please note this is optional
I would like to join the NHS Organ Donor Register as someone whose organs may be used for transplantation after
my death. Tick the following boxes as to those appropriate:
Any of my organs or tissue, or
Kidney
Heart
Liver
Corneas
Pancreas
Lungs
Any part of my body
Name: _________________________________________________________ Date of Birth:_________________
/tissue
Signature confirming consent to Organ
donation:
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__
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Sign: _______________
_________________________
Date: __
_ /__
_ / _____
BLOOD DONOR INFORMATION
Everyone knows blood is literally a lifesaver for those who’ve been in an accident or need it to help survive
treatments and operations. But for some, whose illness has no cure and that last battle they face just can’t be won, a
blood transfusion can help to improve their quality of life during their final months, weeks or even days.
Karen Clarke, a Community Nurse who gives transfusions to the terminally ill in their own homes, says, "These vital
transfusions give patients a better quality of life. It gives them the energy and ability to enjoy this precious, final time
with their families."
In some serious accidents, a blood transfusion can mean a critically ill patient can stay alive long enough for their
loved ones to reach the hospital to see them, one last time
Plasma derived from donated blood is used after obstetric loss of blood (which is usually childbirth), during cardiac
surgery, used in the treatment of all kinds of anaemia which can't be medically corrected, such as when rheumatoid
arthritis or cancer is involved, and when red cells break down in the newborn and for sickle cell disease.
Platelets derived from donated blood can be used in bone marrow failure, post transplant and chemotherapy
treatments, and leukaemia. For more information about blood donation go to
NHS BLOOD DONOR REGISTER – please note this is optional
I would like to join the NHS Blood Donor Register as someone who may be contacted and would be prepared to
donate blood.
Tick here if you have given blood in the last 3 years
Name: _____________________________________________________
Date of Birth:__________________
Signature confirming consent to inclusion on the NHS Blood Register:
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__
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Sign: ____________________________
____________
Date: _
__ / __
_ / _____

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