To: UK Minister of Health
Presumed Consent Donor Law for England
Bring in a Presumed Consent Law for England as currently enacted in Wales. People are dying in England because of a lack of suitable organs for transplant.
Why is this important?
From NHS information, despite some gains in organ transplant consent, the UK still has one of the lowest rates of consent (authorisation in Scotland) in Europe. A Presumed Consent Law has been brought in in Wales and resulted in more transplants.
A Presumed Consent Law would still allow people to choose not to have their organs used, but it would increase the number of organs available for doctors to save more lives.
In bringing in a Presumed Consent Law to England we would actually be protecting ourselves and our loved ones in the future, should a transplant ever be needed.
It would also bring to the forefront the importance of organ donation to the nation as a whole and hopefully make the situation easier on the families of the deceased.According to NHS Blood and Transplant, family refusal is the biggest obstacle to donation. However, many families would gain from knowing that their own loss of a loved one has benefited others by giving those on the donor list and their families an improved or longer life.
