Thursday 15 February 2018

'Opt-out' organ donations won't solve waiting lists deaths, says NHS chief

'Opt-out' organ donations won't solve waiting lists deaths, says NHS chief Theresa May’s plans for an “opt-out” organ transplant system will not solve Britain’s long waiting lists for donations, the NHS chief responsible for transplants has said.

Claire Williment said there was “no magic formula” to cutting down the tally of three people a day who currently die while waiting for a donor organ, and predicted switching to a system of presumed consent may only yield 100 extra donors each year.

The Head of Transplant Development at NHS Blood and Transplant, she said boosting donor rates required a combination of measures including more specialist nurses trained to seek families’ permission as loved-ones die. The Daily Telegraph

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