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Livers arrive

Each month about 84 livers are retrieved from donors around the UK. Around 1 in 5 turns out not to be usable. Try changing the number.

Donor livers each month95

60▲ UK now 84110

Usable: about 76 Not usable: about 19

A rule decides who is offered it

A liver is offered to one person at a time, in an order set by a rule. Choose a rule and see the order change.

Most benefit
UK rule Most unwell
first Longest waiting
first By lottery
a baseline

Offer order for one liver

1stWoman in her 60s · quite unwell · waited 3 months

2ndMan in his 50s · very unwell · waited 2 weeks