Dr. Dorry Segev (left) removes a kidney for a transplant at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland June 26, 2012

Dr. Dorry Segev (left) removes a kidney for a transplant at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland last June. The number of people in Britain donating their organs after death has surged 50% in the past five years, says the NHS Blood and Transplant service (NHSBT).