A year in the life of a surgical day unit.

nearest kidney transplant unit as many potential donors as are available. In doing this doctors will need to enlarge their vision from concern for the patients under their own care to include other patients who may otherwise die. From this survey it seems that a sustained campaign is required to improve the communication between doctors and nurses caring for potential donors and those working in kidney transplant units. These measures may be taken on a regional basis, as described for six large Liverpool hospitals by Sells and Heal.' National approval and support for such local schemes by the Department of Health and Social Security would be valuable and appears to be indicated.