Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 100852

Kidneys: Transplant Surgery

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people currently on a waiting list for a kidney transplant.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for organ donation in the United Kingdom. It also manages the NHS Organ Donor Register and national transplant waiting list.As of 17 December 2025, there were 7,119 patients registered as active on the kidne...
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