Find out more about living kidney donation

• What is living kidney donation?

  A living donor kidney transplant takes place when a living family member, friend or even a stranger donates one of their kidneys to a recipient.

• What is paired/pooled kidney donation?

  If you need a kidney transplant and have a living donor, the paired/pooled donation scheme allows you and your donor to “swap” kidneys with another donor-recipient pair so that you both have a higher chance of receiving a successful transplant.

• Donating a kidney (living kidney donation)

  Living kidney donation is when a healthy person (donor) chooses to give one of their kidneys to someone who needs it (the recipient).