The following table provides the number of registrations on the waiting list for each organ on 31 December in each year since 1997. The national list can change on a daily basis as people are removed from the transplant list because their clinical condition deteriorates and later rejoin when their condition improves. We are taking action to enable more people to benefit from a transplant. Implementation of the Organ Donation Taskforce recommendations published in January 2008, should see donation rates rise by 50 per cent. by 2013.
Organ listed 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Kidney 4,412 4,584 4,691 4,822 4,846 4,963 5,072 5,206 5,660 6,190 6,699 Pancreas 3 7 3 17 8 21 17 36 53 53 55 Kidney/pancreas 45 49 46 69 88 83 84 93 76 141 169 Heart 230 232 212 134 105 96 99 111 96 83 82 Lung(s) 196 184 182 191 241 264 267 272 257 272 258 Heart/lungs 109 97 106 101 72 75 59 53 41 37 20 Liver 180 201 156 152 158 163 239 253 360 326 307 Total 5,175 5,354 5,396 5,486 5,518 5,665 5,837 6,024 6,543 7,102 7,590