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Current organ and tissue donation news.

  • organ donation scotland logo
    10 Mar 2019 News

    Living Kidney Awareness Week - Matthew's Story

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    Matthew Catlow was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in 2010, at 29 years old
  • Grant Thomson altruistic organ donor
    10 Mar 2019 News

    Living Kidney Donation Awareness Week - Grant's Story

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    Grant Thomson altruistically donated a kidney to a stranger in February 2017
  • altruistic donor John Fletcher and surgeon Gabriel Oniscu
    10 Mar 2019 News

    Tenth Anniversary of Altruistic Kidney Donation Marked by First Donor

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    The tenth anniversary of altruistic donation in Scotland was marked by one of the very first donors at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on 11 March 2019
  • Renal Education and Choices at Home logo
    10 Dec 2018 News

    Renal Education and Choices @ Home (REACH) Project

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    We know that patients can find it difficult to talk openly about their kidney disease
  • melrose abbey lit up green for  Organ Donation Week 2018
    10 Nov 2018 News

    Buildings Light up in Green Across Scotland

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    Buildings Light up in Green Across Scotland for Organ Donation Week 2018
  • organ donation staff
    10 Nov 2018 News

    Organ Donation Week 2018 Activities

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    The Scottish Government, hospital staff, charities and other key supporters pulled out all stops to drive awareness of Organ Donation week
  • transplant recipient Gordon
    03 Sep 2018 News

    Organ Donation Week 2018 (3 - 9 Sept)

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    This year’s Organ Donation Week will mark the start of our 2018-19 drive to raise awareness of organ and tissue donation
  • Living Kidney Donation Logo
    02 Sep 2018 News

    Living Kidney Donation - Money Matters

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    The aim of the Living Donation Scotland Project Board is to improve equity of access to living donor transplantation
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