Petition · Department of Health and Social Care
Reform the National Kidney Transplant List and Remove the Matchability Score
Open for signatures
100 signatures
What the petition asks
Remove the matchability score from the national transplant criteria and introduce a 3 tier approach rather than 2 tier. Tier A - 100CRF and 7plus years waiting, Tier B - Once you move past the average 2.5/3 year wait, Tier C everyone else
We believe the current 2 tier approach is not fit for purspose. We understand that there should be a tier A to support those with extreme situations such as 100CRF and 7plus years waiting, but currently with the matchability score which is where anyone on the list is run against a donor pool of the last 10000 donors and given a matchability score. If you are given a 10 you are moved to tier A the higher the number you get the more points you are given. 10000 equates to 0.018% roughly of the population.
Timeline
| 21 May 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
100
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
21 May 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.