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<p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for organ donation in the United
Kingdom. To monitor the number of patients who have undergone transplant surgery abroad,
NHSBT contacts transplant and satellite units to ask them for details of patients
who have been transplanted abroad and have then come to the UK for follow-up.</p><p>Some
of these patients lived in the UK and travelled overseas specifically for the transplant,
others may have been living overseas when they have their transplant. NHSBT is unable
to distinguish which scenario applies to any recipient.</p><p>UK hospitals are only
able to record information about patients that received transplants abroad when they
come into contact with the patient for follow up care.</p><p>The Government has no
current plans to make collecting such information a legal requirement.</p>
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