{"id":86965,"date":"2026-03-27T07:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=86965"},"modified":"2026-03-27T07:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:35:49","slug":"uks-transplant-system-was-world-leading-now-it-lags-behind-other-western-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/27\/uks-transplant-system-was-world-leading-now-it-lags-behind-other-western-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s transplant system was world-leading &#8211; now it lags behind other Western nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/1920\/cpsprodpb\/ab9c\/live\/aa015340-26ac-11f1-934f-036468834728.png\" alt=\"A surgical team in an operating room performs a procedure on a patient. The team is wearing surgical gowns, gloves, and head coverings, working around an operating table with medical instruments. The scene is overlaid with large digital displays of vital signs, including heart rate, blood pressure, and waveform readings.\" width=\"569\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/clyrj8rz6jno\">Read More<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Jodie Cantle says she feels as though life is passing her by. She is attached to an oxygen cylinder at all times,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/organ-harvest.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86966,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86965\/revisions\/86966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}