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Live organ donation
Information about donating a kidney, or part of a liver, financial assistance available for eligible live donors, including backdated compensation payments.
Becoming a live organ
donor
Becoming an organ donor, what is involved, and the financial assistance and compensation available.
Compensation for loss of
earnings
Information about the compensation available for eligible live organ donors, how to apply and documents to include in your application.
After surgery and returning to
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Information about what happens after you have had your surgery, and returning to work.
Donors who return to work on reduced
hours
The Organ Donors and Related Matters Act which commenced on 17 November 2019 provides for the payment of compensation to qualifying donors for loss of earnings when they return to work on reduced hours while recovering from surgery.