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The Department of Health and Social Care undertook research to understand patient and staff views on heart and lung transplant services in England.

This report summarises the findings from the patient survey on:

• transplant referral
• transplant assessment
• transplantation
• long term, post-transplant care
• communication
• health and wellbeing support

It also summarises the findings from the staff survey on:

• transplant service workforce, training and research
• pre-transplant management
• organ offering and utilisation
• transplant and post-transplant process and management
• health inequalities and patient engagement

These findings informed theexpert-led considerations of cardiothoracic transplant services in spring 2024 (found under Papers).