Oak House
Reeds Crescent
Watford
WD24 4QN
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Tel: 01923 366 7650
www.nhsbt.nhs.uk
Our ref: MOC/ 317867
Dear L Hewitt
Re: Information request
Thank you for your request dated 20th December 2016 for information from NHS
Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) regarding organ donation in Wales.
I am writing to advise you that we are able to provide you with the following
information in response to your request.
I would like to know as of December 1st, 2016 how many people living in
Wales have chosen to opt out of the Welsh organ donor scheme.
There were 172,109 opt-out registrations recorded prior to the 1st December 2016.
The latest available figures (11th January 2017) show that there have been 173,082
decisions to opt-out registered in Wales.
I would also like to know how many organ donations have been carried out
from December 1st, 2015 to December 1st, 2016 where organs have been
donated from donors who "chose to do nothing" and had therefore not opted
in or out.
From 1st December 2015 to 30th November 2016, of the donors where deemed
consent applied, a total of 15 donor families agreed to organ donation. These 15
donors donated 53 organs in total.
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs
and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any
non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any
other re-use, for example commercial publication, would require the permission of the
copyright holder. Some documents supplied by NHS Blood and Transplant will be
Crown Copyright. You can find details on the arrangements for re-using Crown
Copyright on HMS Online at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-
information/copyright/crown-copyright/
Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright continues to be
protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information
originated. You must ensure that you gain their permission before reproducing any
third party (non Crown Copyright) information.
I hope this is helpful in addressing your questions. Please quote the reference
number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely
Wayne Lawley
Head of Corporate Communications
E-mail: xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or
request an review of our decision, you should write to: Customer Services Operations Manager, NHS Blood and
Transplant, Oak House, Reeds Crescent, Watford, WD24 4QN (Email: xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx).
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints procedure provided by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF.
