How many kidney transplants per year in the UK?
About 3000.
But the demand for donor organs far exceeds supply, with 5250 patients waiting. Hence some are never transplanted.
The average wait for a transplant is about about 16 months. In the latest (2023) analysis the median average was 497 days.
But this varies significantly throughout the UK (the lowest is 235 days in Oxford, and highest is 707 days at Royal Free).
Other resources
The latest UK renal registry report (2023) and NHS Blood and Transplant kidney report (2023) are excellent sources of information.
Last Reviewed on 8 June 2024