Organ Donation Joint Working Group
The Organ Donation Joint Working Group (ODJWG) was established to address three challenges: aligning societal action with public support for organ donation, reversing the decline in consent rates, and expanding the pool of potential donors.
Jointly Chaired by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS Blood and Transplant, it brought together national and international experts in the field of organ donation, including donor families and service providers.
The Group's remit was to identify actions to maximise the number of lives saved through the gift of deceased organ donation, building on the positive developments (such as the change in legislation) and learning from less successful approaches.
A report on the ODJWG
The final report provides 10 actions, with supporting activity, to deliver improvements in deceased organ donation rates in the UK.
It complements and informs the delivery of the UK strategy Organ Donation and Transplantation 2030: Meeting the Need and other initiatives, such as the work of the Organ Utilisation Group to improve organ transplantation services and the living donation programme.