How many people do you think on average are on your transplant list on a daily basis?
I watched a documentary a few weeks ago and there were only 6 people waiting back in Dec 2016 at one hospital on this particular day....I thought there was always on average 150 people waiting....
I just curious. Maybe I am far too pessimistic! lol....
I think they probably mean 6 super urgent I would reckon there is hundreds of people on it all at different stages though
Your probably right. I do wonder, be a nice idea that it just goes down to about 10 or 15...
Interesting thought Chelle but I'm not sure how you ever find out. The hospitals won't say. I only waited 2 weeks at QEHB. If we knew everyone would be moving. X
Chelle,
This is from the annual liver transplant report which is (as a link) on the British Liver Trust website.
"On 31 March 2017, there were 530 patients on the UK active transplant list, which represents an 8% decrease in the number of patients a year earlier. The number of patients on the transplant list has doubled since March 2008. Of those patients joining the elective liver only waiting list, approximately 74% had received a transplant within two years of listing.
There were 8042 liver transplants performed in the UK in the ten year period. ".
Its a mine of information for anyone interested in UK liver transplant statistics.
Jim
I really don't know how the whole waiting list thing works Chelle.
I realise that it all depends on organ suitability, (size). Your urgency (overall health condition), blood type match, etc. But how the three national health services divide this up is a mystery to me. What I mean by the three national health services, I mean NHS Wales, (this is paid for by the welsh assembly, who in turn get their money from central government). In Wales, they were the first to introduce the 5p carrier bag charge. This 5p was then used to fund free prescriptions for everyone in wales, regardless of age. Scotland too has it's own NHS Scotland, and I suspect this is also controlled for by the Scottish government, who once again receive their funding from central government. We then have NHS England. I personally think it's wrong to now call it a National Health Service, as there are tree independent health services. (Interesting debate though). All the information available via Doctor Google, is also very confusing. One minute sites are speaking about NHS Trusts, and then they go on to talk about NHS England.
Where I'm going with this, is that say someone living in say Swansea, needed to have a transplant. Most likely, this would be carried out in Birmingham as wales doesn't have any transplant centre's. The liver that's just become available, might be up in Scotland, So how all of this gets sorted out is totally unknown to me. Especially as this involves three different health services working together.
Richard, the transplant list is UK wide, and need is sorted UK wide as all three use the same criteria. Funding is different, but as patients we thankfully don't have to worry which health area you are in.
BTW Scotland now have all income tax devolved hence we will be paying different rates to rest of UK from April, with more money being raised for health, education etc, not that it will help those waiting for a transplant is the organ isn't available
This might help to understand how the system works.
Jim
Must ask you Chelle, did you go up to Luton?
I wonder if paid tests are all legit..
Transplant done.
I have had my liver transplant!!!!
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