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The Public Health Agency encourages everyone to talk about organ donation

Thursday 11 December is Organ Donation Discussion Day, when the Public Health Agency is encouraging everyone to consider their decision around organ and tissue donation, and to share this decision with their loved ones. As Christmas approaches, it is often a time to catch up with friends and family and our minds turn to gifts, but there’s one very special gift that we could all consider – the ‘gift of life’ through organ donation. Each year, hundreds of lives across the UK are saved and transformed by organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Organ donation is a most precious gift, and

The Public Health Agency and Translink celebrating Organ Donation Week and the Gift of Life

On Thursday 25 September, Translink hosted a Public Health Agency (PHA) event to mark Organ Donation Week 2025 – ‘The Grand Organ Donation Life Cycle’ event saw staff, commuters, and a wide range of participants from within the organ donation and transplantation ‘family’ take part in a virtual cycle to Dublin. Taking part in the impressive and bustling transport hub of Grand Central Station, the event raised vital awareness of the importance of organ donation and transplantation in saving and transforming lives. It was also an opportunity for those impacted by donation or transplantation to

The Public Health Agency encourages people to confirm their decision to save lives this Organ Donation Week

As figures show that more than 12,000 people in the UK lost their lives waiting for a transplant in the past decade, the Public Health Agency is calling for everyone to register their organ donation decision and share it with loved ones. The figures released by NHS Blood and Transplant to mark Organ Donation Week show that in the last ten years, 4,900 people died while actively waiting for a lifesaving transplant, with 44 in Northern Ireland. Additionally, a further 7,700 were removed from the active list after being deemed too sick to receive a transplant, with many dying soon after. This

Public Health Agency urges public action as patients face life-or-death wait for organ transplants

More people than ever are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant in the UK, as demand continues to exceed the number of donated organs available. The Public Health Agency is therefore asking people to take action by registering their decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register and discussing it with loved ones. While public support for organ donation remains high, new figures released by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) reveal the stark reality that across the UK 8,096 patients, including 276 children, were on the active transplant waiting list as of 31 March 2025. In Northern Ireland, the

Families urged to talk about organ donation and confirm their decision as many patients wait for a lifesaving transplant

Today (Monday 18 September) marks the start of Organ Donation Week, a national celebration of organ and tissue donation and transplantation which saves and transforms hundreds of lives each year. Organ donation is a most precious gift and the selfless act of donors and their families is at the heart of Organ Donation Week. During Organ Donation Week, the Public Health Agency is urging people to confirm their donation decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register, and talk to their families about organ donation, as around 7,000 people are actively waiting for a transplant across the UK, 155 of those

Organ donation law change – A4 poster

This poster provides a summary of the organ donation law change which came into effect on 1 June 2023.  This is convenient for display in a range of settings or online.

Organ donation law change – A5 leaflet (English and translations)

This A5 leaflet provides information on the organ donation law change which came into effect on 1 June 2023. It provides information on what the law change will mean and the choices you have.

 

This A5 leaflet provides information on the organ donation law change which came into effect on 1 June 2023. It provides information on what the law change will mean and the choices you have.

 

Have a wee chat organ donation leaflet

The ‘Have a Wee Chat’ leaflet and registration form provides information about how organ donation saves and transforms lives.

Speak up and save a life leaflet and registration form - See more at: http://organdonationni.info/resources#sthash.fJpwUrw6.dpuf

Organ donation: Public attitudes and stakeholder engagement in Northern Ireland 2013

In June 2013, a representative sample of the public (n=1,012) responded to a survey about their attitudes towards organ donation. At the same time, a process of stakeholder engagement began, which involved 16 discussion groups with key stakeholders as requested by the Health Minister (including organ donation charities, those on the transplant waiting list, transplant recipients, donor families, and Health and Social Care staff). Discussion groups took place between June and August 2013 and proformas were also completed.

Organ donation in Northern Ireland

23 April 2026

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