New nationwide lung transplant scheme with urgent categories dramatically reduced waiting times for sickest patients
The creation of a nationwide organ transplant allocation policy successfully enabled the sickest patients to receive transplants sooner, a new research paper shows (1). The paper shows waiting times dropped from a median of 427 days to 292 days and the odds of being transplanted within six months increased by 41%.
The updated UK Lung Allocation Scheme (UKLAS) was introduced by NHS Blood and Transplant with advice from an expert advisory group (2). The changes to the former scheme included creating new ‘Urgent’ and ‘Super Urgent’ (3) patient categories and replacing the five geographic zones with a nationwide system.
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adelage (21 mai 2024). New nationwide lung transplant scheme with urgent categories dramatically reduced waiting times for sickest patients. ELSIBI. Consulté le 16 mars 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/11p0l





