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Organs: Proof of Identity

Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 6 November 2025UIN 81475

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of digital ID on levels of registration for the organ donors' register.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is the organ donation organisation for the UK responsible for the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR), which is available at the following link:

https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/register-your-decision/

For the purposes of this response, Digital ID has been assumed to refer to the potential introduction of a citizen ID as recently announced by the UK Government.

Presently, NHSBT has made no formal assessment on the potential impact of the introduction of Digital ID on levels of ODR registration. The appropriateness of this will be monitored going forward.

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