Wales organ transplants row - WalesOnline
Roy J Thomas, chairman of the Kidney Wales Foundation and the Donate Wales campaign, said: “It is not a surprise to see that the donor task force in England has rejected the introduction of presumed consent there. We have been aware that the task force has been against a law change for some time.
“Our understanding is that the English task force has advised English politicians about image. The task force has taken into account the image of Whitehall health ministers and not the evidence before it. This is a big moral debate. If government is truly looking at a selfless society, now is the chance. Patients waiting are dying.”
Organ donation is a non-devolved issue and although no decision has been made about presumed consent in Wales, Health Minister Edwina Hart has not ruled out seeking a legislative competence order on the issue.
A series of debates are being held around Wales to gauge public opinion towards such a system.
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Brave Danni met up with kind-hearted music hero - WalesOnline
Brave Danni met up with kind-hearted music hero - WalesOnline
DANNI Tilley rubbed shoulders with new rock royalty as she met Lostprohets lead singer Ian Watkins.
The 14-year-old shared a cuddle and a chat at the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, as the rock star was named the Wales Kidney Foundation’s ambassador for young people.
Fan Danni, from Waenheulog, Nantyglo, is hoping that her dad David will be able to give her his kidney in the new year.
The teenager suffered kidney failure in 2007 and has been undergoing 10-hour nightly dialysis sessions since. She was put on the transplant waiting list in September.
DANNI Tilley rubbed shoulders with new rock royalty as she met Lostprohets lead singer Ian Watkins.
The 14-year-old shared a cuddle and a chat at the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, as the rock star was named the Wales Kidney Foundation’s ambassador for young people.
Fan Danni, from Waenheulog, Nantyglo, is hoping that her dad David will be able to give her his kidney in the new year.
The teenager suffered kidney failure in 2007 and has been undergoing 10-hour nightly dialysis sessions since. She was put on the transplant waiting list in September.
Lostprophets New Year's Eve gig tickets go on sale - WalesOnline
Lostprophets New Year's Eve gig tickets go on sale - WalesOnline
TICKETS for a New Year’s Eve fundraising gig organised by Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins will go on sale tomorrow.
The concert, in aid of the Kidney Wales Foundation, will feature a host of Welsh bands, including The Blackout, Kids in Glass Houses, and Attack! Attack!.
Watkins, who has become the charity’s ambassador for young people, asked the bands to perform and will use the gig at Cardiff University’s students’ union’s great hall, to raise awareness of organ donation.
TICKETS for a New Year’s Eve fundraising gig organised by Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins will go on sale tomorrow.
The concert, in aid of the Kidney Wales Foundation, will feature a host of Welsh bands, including The Blackout, Kids in Glass Houses, and Attack! Attack!.
Watkins, who has become the charity’s ambassador for young people, asked the bands to perform and will use the gig at Cardiff University’s students’ union’s great hall, to raise awareness of organ donation.
Monday, 3 November 2008
Transplant boy inspires Cardiff school reunion - WalesOnline
Transplant boy inspires Cardiff school reunion - WalesOnline
Nov 3 2008 by Katie Norman, South Wales Echo
Transplant boy inspires Cardiff school reunion
A BRAVE eight-year-old boy has inspired his mum and her friends to reunite their old school pals for charity.
Sharon Breeze, 40, from Llanedeyrn, Cardiff, is organising a reunion for people who attended Cardiff’s Lady Mary High School between 1976 and 1985, to raise money for the Kidney Wales Foundation.
Nov 3 2008 by Katie Norman, South Wales Echo
Transplant boy inspires Cardiff school reunion
A BRAVE eight-year-old boy has inspired his mum and her friends to reunite their old school pals for charity.
Sharon Breeze, 40, from Llanedeyrn, Cardiff, is organising a reunion for people who attended Cardiff’s Lady Mary High School between 1976 and 1985, to raise money for the Kidney Wales Foundation.
Sunday, 2 November 2008
Dan runs in aid of Kidney Wales (From Western Telegraph)
Dan runs in aid of Kidney Wales (From Western Telegraph)
Dan runs in aid of Kidney Wales
10:00am Saturday 1st November 2008
Dan Cherry successfully completed the Cardiff half marathon recently.
This is the first leg in his build-up towards running the London marathon next spring and raising further vital funds for Kidney Wales who have been Glamorgan’s official charity for 2008.
There is a very special and personal reason why the 28-year-old, who is now a vital member of Glamorgan Cricket’s operations department, supports the charity.
Dan runs in aid of Kidney Wales
10:00am Saturday 1st November 2008
Dan Cherry successfully completed the Cardiff half marathon recently.
This is the first leg in his build-up towards running the London marathon next spring and raising further vital funds for Kidney Wales who have been Glamorgan’s official charity for 2008.
There is a very special and personal reason why the 28-year-old, who is now a vital member of Glamorgan Cricket’s operations department, supports the charity.
Thursday, 30 October 2008
Lostprophets singer on why he is a kidney donor champion - WalesOnline
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Lostprophets singer on why he is a kidney donor champion - WalesOnline
LOSTPROPHETS lead singer Ian Watkins has spoken about how he was torn between caring for his mum and the band’s success.
The 31-year-old told the Echo how his mum Elaine Davies’ kidneys failed just as the rockers were starting to find success.
And, as Ian yesterday took up the role of the Kidney Wales Foundation’s new ambassador for young people, he revealed he wants a donor card tattooed on his body as he pledged to raise awareness of organ donation.
BBC NEWS | Wales | Patient given pioneering lung op
BBC NEWS | Wales | Patient given pioneering lung op
A 55-year-old man has received a life-saving transplant using lungs from a donor which were made to breathe outside the body, it has been revealed.
Kenneth Collins from Chirk, Wrexham, had the procedure during a 14-hour operation at the University Hospital of South Manchester seven weeks ago.
The lungs were kept healthy for a longer period than they would normally survive outside the body.
A 55-year-old man has received a life-saving transplant using lungs from a donor which were made to breathe outside the body, it has been revealed.
Kenneth Collins from Chirk, Wrexham, had the procedure during a 14-hour operation at the University Hospital of South Manchester seven weeks ago.
The lungs were kept healthy for a longer period than they would normally survive outside the body.
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