The NHS Blood and Transport service are urging families in Surrey to talk about organ donation.

There are currently 7000 people predicted to need an organ transplant including 69 on the waiting list in Surrey.

Last year, 36 people across the county had their lives saved by a transplant, with waiting lists for organs including kidney, heart, liver and lungs ever increasing.

The NHS Blood and Transplant service is calling for more families in Surrey to talk and share their organ donation decision.

For more information, or to register your organ donation decision, please visit: www.organdonation.nhs.uk or call 0300 123 23 23. NHS app users can also use the service to record, check or update their organ donation decision.

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