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In 2024/25, two hundred heart transplants were performed in the United Kingdom, not including heart-lung transplants. The bulk of heart transplants in this year took place in England at 151 procedures. Scotland had 35 heart transplants performed, followed by Wales with nine procedures and four in Northern Ireland. 

The heart transplant waiting list

At the end of the period 2024/25, there were still 308 patients on the heart transplant waiting list in the UK, 244 of which were in England. Additionally, in this year, 27 patients died in the UK while on the organ transplant list waiting for a heart, while another two died while requiring a heart-lung transplant. Not all hearts that are offered for donation can be used. For example, in this year, 541 hearts were not used for organ donation because the donor was too old.

Activity compared to the rest of Europe

The UK has a relatively low rate of heart transplants compared to other European Union nations. With a rate of 3.5 heart transplants per million population in 2023, this was ranked as the 20th highest in Europe. Croatia had the highest heart transplant rate in 2023, with twelve procedures per million.