A woman is urging people to register to donate their organs, after her late husband saved eight lives by donating his own.

Karen Piotr, chairperson of Bradford Teaching Hospitals’ organ donation committee, became involved in raising awareness after her husband, Mark, died following a brain bleed.

Ms Piotr and her husband had discussed organ donation several times, so she knew what he wanted and agreed to support his decision to be an organ donor.

Her husband's heart, liver, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, corneas, and tissue went on to be donated.

Ms Piotr said: "The NHS Organ Donor Register has been saving lives for 30 years through the gift of organ donation, yet today in Bradford more people than ever need an organ transplant.

"It’s vital that people confirm their organ donation decision to save lives."

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Blood and Transplant are encouraging people to register their organ donation decision as part of Organ Donation Week (September 23 to 29).

More than 7,600 people are on the active waiting list for organ transplants, including 92 across Bradford, according to the Trust.

The law in England means that people are automatically considered for organ donation unless they had explicitly opted out while they were alive.

However, families are consulted before donations proceed, and explicitly confirming a desire to donate one's organs via the NHS Organ Donor Register could make one's wishes clearer to loved ones if or when a consultation takes place.

Clinical lead for organ donation at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dr James Morgan, said: "Confirming your decision to donate on the NHS Organ Donor Register makes it clear to your family that you want to be an organ donor, leaving them certain of your decision at what is a difficult and emotional time.

"We need more people in Bradford and across the district to confirm their decision on the register today to save more lives now and in the future.

"One organ donor has the potential to save nine lives, which is an incredible legacy to leave."

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's Organ Donation Committee will host an awareness stall, on the main concourse at Bradford Royal Infirmary, this week.

The NHS Organ Donor Register can be viewed at at organdonation.nhs.uk

Statistics are accurate as of August 15, according to Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.