Heart-lung transplants were carried out in people aged up to 55 years. Fifteen percent of heart-lung transplants and four percent of lung transplants in recent years were in the under 18s. Single / double lung transplants were carried out in an older range of patients from teenagers to the over 65s.

Donors were younger than recipients with the under 18s providing 28% of heart-lung and 11% of lung transplant donors.