AQW 20536/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of organs donated; (ii) the number of deceased people who donated organs; (iii) the number of people on the organ transplant waiting list; and (iv) the number of people who died while on the transplant waiting list, in each of the last five years.

Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 17 June 2021

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Tabled: 17 June 2021
Answer due by: 2 July 2021
Answered: 28 June 202111 days after tabling
Department: Department of Health
Priority question: No

Answer

The information requested is not collected centrally within the Department. The NHS Blood and Transplant Service were approached for this information, which is provided in the tables below. The information is based on postcode of residence and provided for Northern Irish postcodes only.

Table 1 - Organ transplants for NI residents.
	2016/17		2017/18		2018/19		2019/20		2020/21
Total	158		183		158		155		185


Table 2 - Organs donated from deceased donors with NI residence.
		2016/17		2017/18		2018/19		2019/20		2020/21
Total		160		139		138		142		162

Table 3 - Organ transplant waiting list for NI residents.
	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
Total	177	137	143	147	115

Note: Excludes patients temporarily suspended from the transplant list.

Table 4 – NI resident deaths while on the organ transplant list.
	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
Total	13	18	12	12	15

Note: Includes cases where patient was removed from transplant list due to deterioration and then died within one year.

Source: NHS Blood and Transplant Service

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