Almost one in three kidney transplant patients got their kidney from a living donor last year, annual figures have revealed.
Of 1,915 lifesaving kidney transplants, 31 per cent, the highest ever, were from living donors.
UK Transplant figures show that 2,795 lives were saved by organ transplants last year, a rise from 2,724 the previous year.
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