THOUSANDS WAITING FOR LIVE-SAVING TRANSPLANT

OVER the past decade, more than 600 people have died or been removed from the transplant waiting list in the North East and Yorkshire before getting the organ they were waiting for.

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That's according to newly-released NHS data shared to mark Organ Donation Week. Those removed from the list are usually removed when they become too sick to receive a transplant.

The NHS Blood and Transplant organisation highlighted that, nationally, more than 12,000 people have either died or been removed from the list prior to transplant surgery in the last ten years.