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Title Referral plan boosts organ transplants Media name/outlet Oldham Evening Chronicle Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 26/11/08 Description ORGAN transplants are on the rise at Pennine Acute Trust despite the decision not to change the donor consent system in England.
Since July 1, donor co-ordinators have been successfully trialling required referral in three of the trust’s hospitals.
Required referral means donor co-ordinators work with bereaved families to give information which allows them to make their own decision on giving consent.
The trust, which runs the Royal Oldham Hospital, has held the trials at Rochdale Infirmary, North Manchester General Hospital and Fairfield General Hospital in Bury.
Greg Bleakley, a donor transplant co-ordinator for the North-West, believes at least four lives have been saved using required referral.URL https://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/16870/referral-plan-boosts-organ-transplants Persons Gregory Bleakley