Transplant

The mum of a man who died waiting for an organ transplant has met with representatives of Plymouth City Council to discuss how more people in the city can be encouraged to sign up to the NHS Organ Donation Register.

Jillian Oxley, who lost her son Jon Paul aged just 21 in 2012 to Cystic Fibrosis, met with Councillor Lynda Bowyer, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, and Dr...

This Wednesday, a team and supporters from the South West will be heading to Liverpool to compete at the British Transplant Games. British Transplant Games

All seven competitors have received a life-saving kidney transplant at Derriford Hospital. From July 28 to August 1 they will be taking part in a huge variety of events including swimming, bowling, tennis, archery, badminton, shot...

A mum-of-three from Exeter is urgently searching for a stem cell donor to help cure her leukaemia.

Kate Barnett was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in October 2015.

Following a round of chemotherapy, doctors discovered she also has myelodysplasia, which prevents her bone marrow responding properly to treatment.

The hairdresser and customer assistant is now...