Marie and Jules Garside explore how specialist nurses in organ donation can help increase the number of transplants from patients who die in emergency departments

A detailed review of donation activity since the introduction of an embedded specialist nurse in organ donation (SNOD) in Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed the benefits of this role for the identification and referral of potential donors by emergency department (ED) staff. This article argues that, as EDs across the UK introduce SNODs, more organs will become available for transplant.