The organ donation chain

Sue Burton, donor's mother

'Though I couldn't put it into words, I was thinking that if something positive can come out of this, that's what I want' Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian

Deidre Cunningham, transplant coordinator

'People do not want the state to own their bodies or decide what happens to them. They want to make their own decision' Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian

Paul Gibbs, surgeon

'Instead of just operating on someone and removing things, you put something back into them, and you gave them back a normal life' Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian

Professor David Adams, scientist-clinician

'We need to be thinking about much more subtle therapies, so there's a huge international programme to try to resolve that' Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian

Chris Rudge, transplant tsar

'I would never want to put pressure on but there's a lot you can do to encourage people to come to believe that donation is right' Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian

Andrew Seery, recipient

'I thank God and I thank the person who does the donating, because if you didn't have people that gave, I wouldn't be here' Photograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian