A heart valve transplant recipient has lent her voice to a call for more heart donations to heart valve banks.The NHS could not supply around one in five (20%) of heart valve requests from hospitals last year, according to new figures from NHS Blood and Transplant.This comes after a dip in the number of hearts donated to heart valve banks, with 600 hearts donated in 2021 and just 368 donated in 2024.

A heart valve transplant recipient has lent her voice to a call for more heart donations to heart valve banks.The NHS could not supply around one in five (20%) of heart valve requests from hospitals last year, according to new figures from NHS Blood and Transplant.This comes after a dip in the number of hearts donated to heart valve banks, with 600 hearts donated in 2021 and just 368 donated in 2024.