The NHS Organ Donor Register celebrates is 25th anniversary this year, the same year that the government has granted Royal Assent to new organ donation laws in both England and Scotland, which will see both countries introduce an opt-out system of consent in 2020.
The creation of the register has saved thousands of lives – with 7,600 people who were on the register having become donors after their deaths. Fittingly, there are now 25 million people on the Organ Donor Register.
Find out more about the family who campaigned for the creation of the register here.