Lifesaving organ donors have kept more than 500 people alive in Northamptonshire

Lifesaving organ donors have kept more than 500 people alive in Northamptonshire More than 500 people in Northamptonshire owe their life to organ donors - a new study has found.

NHS Blood and Transplant, whose annual Transplant Activity Report has been published today, shows the UK-wide number of people alive thanks to transplants has reached 50,000.

Here in Northamptonshire, 548 people are currently alive thanks to the lifesaving transplants, including 46 in the last year alone. NHS Blood and Transplant is now urging people in Northamptonshire to help even more people to survive by joining the NHS organ donor register. Northamptonshire Telegraph