In the past year our expert teams have ensured that more local people than ever have achieved their final wishes and become donors.

The Trust’s Transplant Specialist Nurse, Jayne Greenhalgh, said: “ 2014/15 is this Trust's best year to date for supporting families through the consent process and enabling their loved ones to become donors.

“This year, this meant that 10 local people were able to have their wishes fulfilled to become donors and save or enhance the lives of others. This is the highest number locally in a year.

“The donors have resulted in 18 kidney transplants, six liver, one pancreas, 14 corneal grafts, one double lung transplant, one heart valve donation and one skin donation.

“The Trust has an empathic and professional team which supports families closely to ensure their loved ones wishes are achieved. In very, very difficult  times we know this means a lot to families.

“However, only a very small number of patients can become organ donors so the more people who register and tell their families of their wishes the more lives can be saved or enhanced. There are still many people on the waiting list.”

• The Trust currently runs Organ Donation Simulation Study days for doctors and nurses in the Trust, using actors as family members and demonstrating best practice
• We also aim to be active in National Transplant week ( 7th Sept ) to get out into the community, and hold promotional stands in both Huddersfield and Halifax shopping centres
• We are also working closely with Tissue Services to look at ways we can improve our tissue donation rates as far more people are able to donate tissue than organs.