Kidney patient thanks donor after 17 years on dialysis

As we start the New Year hundreds and hundreds of people will be hoping for the start of a new life. They are those waiting for an organ transplant.

The life of Emma Woodward from Knutsford was transformed in December when she received a new kidney.

But she says many may lose out because people who have signed up to the organ donor register haven't told their loved ones what they want to happen to their organs if they die.

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Greg Bleakley, Special Nurse Organ Donation from the National Blood and Transplant service is urging people to do something amazing in 2014 and sign up for the organ donor register.