School children could soon have organ donation classes after the shockingly low rate of ethnic minority donors came to light.

The proposals followed a report commissioned by the London Assembly health committee into organs donations in black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) communities.

It found that only one per cent of ethnic minorities are signed up.

Onkar Sahota, the chairman of the London Assembly Health Committee, said: “Organ donation is an important issue in all communities but especially in the BAME community because of how few people of BAME backgrounds are on the donor register.

“There is clear evidence that transplants are more likely to be successful for a patient if the donor is from the same ethnicity as them.”

According to the NHS 62 per cent of Londoners waiting for an organ transplants are either black or Asian.

The report claims only 42 per cent of the group will sign-up for organ donation, with many citing cultural or religious reasons as to why they won’t.

The report also found Asian patients wait two and a half years longer than white people for a lung transplant, Black and Asian patients wait six months longer than white patients for kidney transplants and Black patients wait 44 days longer for urgent heart transplants.

Mr Sahota added: “This becomes an issue for the BAME community when not many people are signed up as donors.

“Especially as they are more likely to develop conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes which could lead to the need for an organ transplant.”

As well as calling on the Government to make organ donation part of the curriculum the Assembly urged more support to be given to ethnic minority communities.

The committee called on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan pressure the NHS to launch a publicity campaign encouraging.

They also suggested he work with faith leaders to increase support for organ donation.