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Current organ and tissue donation news.

  • Renal Education and Choices at Home logo
    10 Dec 2018 News

    Renal Education and Choices @ Home (REACH) Project

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    We know that patients can find it difficult to talk openly about their kidney disease
  • melrose abbey lit up green for  Organ Donation Week 2018
    10 Nov 2018 News

    Buildings Light up in Green Across Scotland

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    Buildings Light up in Green Across Scotland for Organ Donation Week 2018
  • organ donation staff
    10 Nov 2018 News

    Organ Donation Week 2018 Activities

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    The Scottish Government, hospital staff, charities and other key supporters pulled out all stops to drive awareness of Organ Donation week
  • transplant recipient Gordon
    03 Sep 2018 News

    Organ Donation Week 2018 (3 - 9 Sept)

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    This year’s Organ Donation Week will mark the start of our 2018-19 drive to raise awareness of organ and tissue donation
  • living kidney donation logo
    02 Sep 2018 News

    Living Kidney Donation - Money Matters

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    The aim of the Living Donation Scotland Project Board is to improve equity of access to living donor transplantation
  • memorial book botanic gardens
    29 Aug 2018 News

    In Memory of Organ and Tissue Donors

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  • Organ donation Logo
    05 Jul 2018 News

    A ‘Whole-Hospital’ Approach to Organ and Tissue Donation

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    In order to increase donation rates, the whole health system and all parts of individual hospitals should be knowledgeable about, embrace and support donation and transplantation
  • NHS 70 logo
    05 Jul 2018 News

    70 Years of the NHS in Scotland

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    On the 70th Anniversary of the NHS in Scotland, around 550 people in Scotland are waiting for an organ or tissue transplant
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