Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 106596

Kidney Diseases: Transplant Surgery

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026

Question

Navendu Mishra

LabourStockport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for patients with significant levels of HLA antibodies to get a kidney transplant.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for organ donation services in the United Kingdom, including management of the NHS Organ Donor Register and the transplant waiting list.Kidney allocation in the UK is based on a national, points-based matchi...

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