Irish Examiner |
Organ donation set to increase with proposed ‘opt out’ system | Irish …
Irish Examiner Life-saving organ donations will increase under proposed human tissue legislation which will see people’s body parts automatically gifted for transplants. People will have to ‘opt out’ of organ donation – Independent.ieIndependent.ie |
Ross-Shire Journal |
Black Isle transplant hope mum welcomes organ donation ‘opt-out’ proposal
Ross-Shire Journal Dr Calum MacKellar, the organisation’s research director, noted there had been no increase in the number of transplants from deceased donors in Wales since its opt-out system was introduced. And more people in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK … |
Baylor College of Medicine News (press release) (blog) |
Organ donation: Opt-out or opt-in?
Baylor College of Medicine News (press release) (blog) Currently, states’ laws require individuals to ‘opt-in’ if they wish to be organ donors. This means that your critical organs cannot be harvested unless 1) you have explicitly communicated that you wish to be an organ donor and 2) you are dead. Many … |
STAT |
To solve organ shortage, states consider ‘opt-out’ organ donation laws
STAT It’s called opt-out organ donation or “presumed consent” and it means that basically every resident is an organ donor unless they remove themselves from that list. Some version of opt-out organ donation already exists in 25 European countries including … Being an organ donor is your choice, not the state’s to dictateIndependent Online |
Metro |
Max Johnson, 9, begs Theresa May to make organ donation ‘opt-out …
Metro A schoolboy in desperate need of a heart transplant has pleaded with Theresa May to make organ donation ‘opt-out’. Max Johnson, 9, has been waiting six … The Herald backs national campaign to change organ donation laws …Plymouth Herald “Please save my life Prime Minister”: Heart transplant boy Max …Mirror.co.uk ‘Please save my life Prime Minister’Crewe Chronicle The Sun all 6 news articles » |
Press Gazette |
Scotland change to ‘opt-out’ organ donor system followed six-year Glasgow Evening Times campaign
Press Gazette This week the Scottish government agreed to implement an opt-out system for organ donation following six years of campaigning from the Glasgow Evening Times. The paper launched the Opt for Life campaign in October 2011 lobbying for the Scottish … |
Hull Daily Mail |
Zoe Chambers mum backs ‘opt out’ change to organ donation laws after heart transplant gave her one more year with …
Hull Daily Mail A mum who was able to enjoy one more precious year with her daughter after she received a life-changing heart transplant has backed calls for changes to organ donation laws. Julie Chambers’ daughter Zoe was born with a congenital heart disease in 2005 … |
Get SurreyWoman awaiting liver transplant launches Crazy Pants Challenge to raise awareness of organ donor opt-out campaignGet SurreyA Milford woman has devised a fun idea to help call on the government to change legislation so that people opt out of o…
The Sun |
Ministers considering law change to make organ donation ‘opt out’ rather than ‘opt in’
The Sun Organ transplants in the UK hit record levels during 2016/17 and more than 23.5 million people are on the donor register. But around three patients die every day waiting for a suitable organ. Only 33 per cent of the UK are on the organ donor’s register. Organ donation presumed consent could be adopted in EnglandThe Guardian England could move to ‘opt out’ organ donation system, Downing Street saysThe Independent NHS considers requiring opt-out from organ donation in EnglandFinancial Times Daily Mail –BBC News –Cambridge News all 25 news articles » |
Financial Times |
NHS considers requiring opt-out from organ donation in England
Financial Times Latest figures for England show there were 885 “deceased donors” and 637 “living donors” in the first three quarters of 2016-17. There were 2,983 transplants in the same period, because some donors provide more than one organ. Also in that period … 270 British children have died because our organ donation system is this inhumaneMirror.co.uk Opt for Life: Scotland’s new transplant system will benefit patients …Glasgow Evening Times Why do England and NI have ‘opt-in’ organ donation?BBC News Liverpool Echo –BBC News all 26 news articles » |