Organs: Donors

(asked on 9th July 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Ministers of the Welsh Government on the operation of the new Welsh law on presumed consent for organ donation for English residents who are patients in Wales and Welsh residents who are patients in England.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 15th July 2014

Discussions with the Welsh Government have confirmed that Welsh deemed consent legislation will only apply to people "ordinarily resident" in Wales for at least 12 months and who die in Wales. It will not apply to anyone under the age of 18 or to Welsh residents who die outside Wales.

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