The first successful lung transplant was performed in 1985 and well over 300 transplants have been performed on people with CF since then.

However, recently we have become aware of the many people with CF who are on the transplant list, but who don't receive a transplant in time. We understand that this is not a problem in some other countries.

We recently investigated the situation thoroughly and wrote a paper which we submitted to Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Health and Elisabeth Buggins, Chair of the Organ Donation Taskforce. You can read our paper here. We are advisory members of the Organ Donation Coalition and Transplant 2013.

We are funding research at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle where a modified bypass machine is being used to increase the viability and number of lungs for transplantation. Find out more about this research.