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From 2013  Organ Donation news item: "In the last ten years, around 10,000 people have been honoured {with the St John award} and are estimated to have made more than 25,000 organ transplants possible. Around 45,000 people have helped others after their death in the UK since donation began here, and more than 60,000 people are alive today thanks to an organ transplant."

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Organ donors

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Organ donors

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Havelock Ellis

Havelock Ellis

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Person, Medicine, Social Welfare, Australia

1 memorial
Normansfield Asylum

Normansfield Asylum

See Lost Hospitals of London for an excellent history of this hospital. Briefly: The White House, a mansion with 5 acres of grounds, was built in 1866.  Dr Langdon Down and his wife Mary bought it ...

Group, Children, Medicine

1 memorial
Commonwealth and African NHS staff

Commonwealth and African NHS staff

Around 40,000 nurses and midwives from around the Commonwealth, notably Africa and the Caribbean, came to the UK from its inception in 1948 to the mid-70’s to work in the fledgling NHS, which was f...

Group, Medicine, Africa, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Clinical Neurophysiology Dept, National Hospital, staff

Clinical Neurophysiology Dept, National Hospital, staff

Friends and colleagues of Staff Nurse Sue Garner.

Group, Medicine

1 memorial