Organs: Donors
(asked on 24th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of the Welsh Government's policy of opt-out for organ donation; and if he will review the policy for organ donation in England.
This question was answered on 1st February 2017
We are monitoring the impact that the change in legislation in Wales has on donation rates. A seven year United Kingdom-wide organ donation and transplantation strategy was jointly published by the four UK health ministers and NHS Blood and Transplant in July 2013. In 2015/16 the highest ever deceased donor rate in the UK was recorded with 1,364 deceased donors resulting in 3,529 transplants.