Racial equity in organ donation and transplantation

23/06/2025 49 min

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Link to online feedback form: https://forms.gle/XsxAD6jtNbeBauvz6 ReferencesInquiry Report - Where are our Nation's Donors? All Party Parliamentary Group: Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion. Dec 2023. Accessed from: https://raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/APPG-Report-Where-are-our-nations-donors_.pdfVyas DA et al. Hidden in Plain Sight - Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms. N Engl J Med. 2020 Aug 27;383(9):874-882. https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2021/08/25/ethnicity-adjustment-for-kidney-function-testing-removed-from-nice-chronic-kidney-disease-guideline/Annual Report on Ethnicity Differences in Organ Donation and Transplantation. Report for 2023/2024. NHS Blood and Transplant. Accessed from: https://www.odt.nhs.uk/statistics-and-reports/annual-report-on-ethnicity-differences/Sims JM et al. Overcoming barriers to registering as an organ donor among minority ethnic groups. Race Equality Foundation. Nov 2012. Accessed from: https://raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Overcoming-barriers-to-registering-as-an-organ-donor-among-minority-ethnic-groups_0-2.pdfRandhawa G and Gardiner D. Tackling organ donation among minority ethnic communities in the UK-a whole systems approach. Br Med Bull. 2022 Jul 9;142(1):4-14Sundaram R et al. 237.4: Diversity in Organ Donation in Scotland - Improving Awareness in Black and Ethnic Minority Groups. Transplantation 106(9S):p S116, September 2022