1. | 61% of Acute Hospital Trusts in England do not have a option on their consent form for patients to donate tissue for research | |
2. | 70% of Hospital diagnosis occurs from pathology results | |
3. | An average of 17 pathology tests are performed on each NHS patient Annually | |
4. | Since 1998, UK transplant waiting lists have grown by 40%, but the numbers of donors have stayed stable | |
5. | In 2010, more than 1,000 people donated their organs, and 2,700 organs were transplanted, across the UK. | |
6. | 10,000 people in the UK are waiting for an organ | |
7. | Collecting waste Human tissue is crucial in providing new treatments and a personalised approach to medicine | |