Source: UK transplant system, once world-leading, now lags behind – BBC News
Jodie Cantle says she feels as though life is passing her by. She is attached to an oxygen cylinder at all times, waiting for a double lung transplant.
Over the past seven years, the 34-year-old has been offered new lungs on 17 different occasions, but each time the operation has been cancelled.
“I feel the world is moving on without me,” she says, “and I’m just here, on hold.”
The UK used to be a world leader in the field – but has fallen behind major Western nations. The number of heart and lung transplants the NHS carries out each year has not increased in three decades.
BBC File on 4 Investigates has found that technology is outdated, there is a lack of investment and senior surgeons are leaving – while patients point to issues with ongoing care.
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