Karen Harrowing (@klh2.bsky.social)

Leave the gift of life The RUH is urging people to register their decision to be an organ donor after new figures show that more than 12,000 people in the UK have died or been removed from the transplant waiting list over the past 10 years before receiving the lifesaving organs they desperately needed, including 53 from Somerset. Figures released by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) to mark Organ Donation Week (Monday 22 – Sunday 28 September) show that 4,900 people died while actively waiting for a lifesaving transplant, and a further 7,700 were removed from the active list after being deemed too sick to receive one, with many dying soon after - highlighting the urgent need to increase organ donation registrations. https://bathnewseum.com/2025/09/22/leave-the-gift-of-life/