Scots lead way on UK organ donor register

Scots top the league in the UK for signing up to an organ donation register, it has emerged.

A new "map" of registrations showed 37 per cent of the population of Scotland put their names forward, equal to 1.8 million people, compared with the UK average of 29 per cent.

Within Scotland, the Highlands led, with 47 per cent of the population on the register.

Last year, there were 67 organ donors in Scotland - a rate of 13 donors per million of population, up from 9.8 donors per million in 2006-07, the Scottish Government said.