Organs from registered donors will
be taken WITHOUT relatives' consent as it's revealed next of kin block 14% of
transplants
Grieving families will no longer be asked for their consent
before organs are taken from registered donors, in major shift announced today.NHS chiefs in England hope the move will
slash the number of cases in which bereaved relatives block vital organ
donations.
One in seven transplants from registered donors are
currently vetoed by their next of kin – about 500 cases over the last five
years, which is estimated to have deprived 1,200 patients lifesaving organs. Families
still retain the right to block a transplant - but they will not be directly
told this by medical staff.
And if they do want to object, they must now do so in
writing, providing their reasons.NHS Blood and Transplant expects the change to
lead to a 9 per cent rise in donors.
Sally Johnson, director of organ donation and transplantation, said: ‘We are taking a tougher approach - but also a more honest approach. ‘We won’t tell them we need to discuss consent.
Sally Johnson, director of organ donation and transplantation, said: ‘We are taking a tougher approach - but also a more honest approach. ‘We won’t tell them we need to discuss consent.
‘We’ll say, “You don’t need to make a decision. Your
relative did. We want you to make their final wish come true”.‘The family will
be very involved,’ she told The Sun. Relatives will be given a leaflet
explaining their rights to object
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