Independent Assessor (Episode 9376)

The Independent Assessor worked in Weatherfield General's renal transplant unit which a nervous Aidan Connor attended in February 2018 to investigate if he could donate one of his kidneys to his half-sister Carla when she suffered acute failure.

After running a series of medical tests, Aidan was interviewed by the assessor who told him it was his job to make sure that he understood all the risks involved in being a living donor. He also wanted to know that Aidan was being put under no undue pressure and to make sure that he was also considering that the transplant might be a failure as it was always easier to imagine it being a success. He assured Aidan that if he changed his mind, no one would ever know that he had made such a choice and wanted to be confident that he was making a fully informed decision, as many people did back out when they had thought the matter through.

Although he had great personal doubts, and was suffering mental anguish that would soon lead to his suicide, Aidan went ahead with the donation.