Abstract Aim The office of national statistics (ONS) has estimated that around 5.8 million people are currently, waiting for treatment and the government allocated £ 1.5 billion to tackle backlog. study aimed analyze likely effectiveness these measures. Methods We looked at various NHS resources pertaining recovery plan. Results actual numbers currently be treated is predicted closer 13 million...

Britain's current ethnic mix is largely a consequence of legislation introduced following the Second World War to allow people from the British Empire and Commonwealth unhindered access to enter Britain to help revive the economy. British minority ethnic populations tend to live in more socially deprived areas, making differentiation between the effects of social deprivation and ethnicity diffi...

OBJECTIVES To identify and describe the main caregiver of the patients on the heart transplant waiting list; to compare relevant information provided by patients and caregivers, and to classify the caregivers according to their dedication and efficiency in assisting the patient by correlating them to sociodemographic data. METHODS Descriptive study performed from October 2004 to October 2005 ...

We conducted a survey of attitudes towards the sale of kidneys for transplantation within and without the medical community. Half of those polled received a case of a young man in India whose only chance for survival was to purchase a kidney, the other half a case of a Canadian man who was suffering side-effects from dialysis and had been on the transplant waiting list for three years. We found...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW All current organ procurement policies require some form of consent. Many families refuse to permit organ recovery from a recently deceased relative; therefore, the major cost of requiring consent is the loss of some lives that could have been saved through transplantation. Here, we argue for a much more efficient approach to organ procurement from brain dead individuals - rou...

OBJECTIVE To analyze attitude of patients on the liver transplant waiting list toward living donation (LD). DESIGN AND PATIENTS Patients on the transplant waiting list -2003-2005 (n = 164)- were selected. Attitude was evaluated using a validated questionnaire, completed by an independent healthcare professional. RESULTS The questionnaire completion rate was 97% (n = 159). A total of 87% (n ...