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Published: 4 February 2011

Enabling continuous improvement

The Problem: Trained staff needed to tackle the low organ donation rates in the UK.

Every day three people die as they wait for an organ. The organ donation taskforce was set up to tackle this situation, and in January 2008 it called for a 50% increase in organ donation rates by 2013. The taskforce highlighted the need for every UK hospital to identify key clinical staff to champion organ donation within their hospitals, and for these champions to be supported by donation committees. It also directed that people involved in the care of potential organ donors should receive bespoke training for their role.

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