HC Deb 15 February 2001 vol 363 cc306-7W
Mr. Hilary Benn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many organs were offered for donation for

Organs offered for transplant and 'donor'1 in UK, February 2000-January 2001, by month
Month Kidneys Livers Hearts Lungs Pancreatic Total solid organs Corneas Solid organ 'donors'1 Cornea-only 'donors'1
February 2000 110 49 39 70 7 275 225 57 118
March 2000 163 77 61 122 15 438 323 84 149
April 2000 120 65 56 104 10 355 348 69 179
May 2000 116 59 48 92 17 332 347 67 181
June 2000 113 63 50 82 16 324 275 66 131
July 2000 111 65 53 104 16 349 306 68 143
August 2000 137 69 57 108 19 390 288 77 138
September 2000 85 46 42 66 8 247 276 47 141
October 2000 134 69 52 100 21 376 262 75 124
November 2000 128 60 49 102 20 359 243 68 113
December 2000 138 67 55 106 21 387 259 72 124
January 2001 136 65 56 104 18 379 278 71 136
Total 1,491 754 618 1,160 188 4,211 3,430 821 1,677
1 'Donors' here means potential donors ie they did not necessarily end up donating.

Note:

These are counts of separate whole organs offered from cadaveric donors. Some were not accepted and some were offered in combination (double lungs, heart/lungs) and livers in some cases were subsequently split or reduced.