Damian is delighted to support Organ Donation Week and the work being done by the NHS and charities, such as Alton-based charity Kidney Care UK, to encourage people to talk about organ donation with their relatives and friends.
Despite thousands of people across East Hampshire being on the NHS Organ Donor Register, next of kin still need to support the decision, so it helps to have had a conversation with each other before being faced with the question at the most sensitive of all times. At least one person dies every single day whilst waiting for a kidney transplant and of the 11 people on the waiting list in East Hampshire, around 90% of them are waiting for a kidney.
For more information, please go to Kidney Care UK or https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/talk/