Last year, more than 4,000 lives were saved and improved through organ donation, but there are still almost 10,000 people in the UK in need of a lifesaving transplant. This Organ Donation Week (26 September - 2 October), NHS Blood and Transplant is urging people to register their donation decision and talk to their families about organ donation, as families are far more likely to support donation when they already know it was what their relative wanted.

More than 92% of families honoured their family member last year when the donor had either proactively registered their decision to donate on the NHS Organ Donor Register or spoken with their family. That's why it's vital that everyone who wants to be a donor registers their decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register and talks it through with their families, so that they can give someone the gift of life.