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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 17 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 November 2025. It was answered by Zubir Ahmed (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 November 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Liver Diseases: Transplant Surgery

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received liver transplants in each of the last 3 years in each region.

Answer

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is the organisation responsible for organ donation in the United Kingdom, they also manage the NHS Organ Donor Register and National Transplant Register.

NHSBT publishes an annual Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Activity Report which gives a comprehensive update about organ donors, transplant waiting lists, and transplant activity for the UK for the latest financial year. Section 8.4 of the report details liver transplant activity, data on transplants by country/National Health Service region of residence, in Table 8.8, and by transplant centre, in Table 8.9. NHSBT Annual Activity reports are available at the following link:

https://www.odt.nhs.uk/statistics-and-reports/annual-activity-report/


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
91342
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Transplant surgery Liver diseases
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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