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More families are giving consent for loved ones' organs to be donated after a campaign was launched to help people in need of transplants.

The family consent rate for organ donation at Leeds Teaching Hospitals rose from 60 per cent to 76 per cent last year, the latest figures show.

The number of people on the organ donor register in Yorkshire and Humber has also increased by almost 70,000 on last year. It follows the launch of Be a Hero, a campaign led by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and backed by the Yorkshire Evening Post.

The figures, released as part of Organ Donation Week, show that around a third of the Yorkshire and Humber population are now on the register.

Organ donors signing up to help save lives