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" There has been a 50 per cent increase in deceased organ donation since 2007-08, new figures show. A total of 1,212 people donated organs after dying in 2012-13, with more than 3,100 people benefiting from these donations. The increase follows a decade when the number of deceased donors barely rose at all and reflects the concerted efforts of all four UK governments to bolster donation rates. Bill Fullagar, chairman of NHS Blood and Transplant, thanked families who have supported their loved one&amp;#039;s wishes to donate their organs. &amp;#039;This is an outstanding achievement that few thought possible at the time this ambition was set,&amp;#039; he remarked. &amp;#039;It is the result of the hard work and dedication of staff in hospitals and communities across the country.&amp;#039; However, Dr Paul Murphy, national lead for organ donation at NHS Blood and Transplant, claimed that more must be done to prevent patients from dying while awaiting a transplant. He revealed that in 2011-12, 125 families said no to organ donation despite the individual in question being recorded on the NHS Organ Donor Register. &amp;#039;This is often because they were unaware that this was what they wanted and found it difficult to come to terms with at such an awful time of loss,&amp;#039; Dr Murphy explained. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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