LESS than 20% of people in Liverpool have signed up to donate their organs.
At the start of National Transplant Week, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has published a map showing the percentage of the UK population who have signed up to the NHS organ donor register.
The national average is 27%, but no Merseyside borough has reached this level.
In Sefton, 24.4% have signed up, in Wirral 23.4% and in Halton and St Helens 19.2%.
Liverpool and Knowsley’s figures are even lower, at 18.7% and 15.2% respectively.
Sally Johnson, of NHS Blood and Transplant, said: “If we are to meet the growing need for organs across the UK, we really need more people to sign up as organ donors.”
CALL the donor helpline on 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.organ donation.nhs.uk
