BMA meeting: BMA reaffirms its policy of “soft consent” on organ transplantation

BMA policy on organ transplantation was reaffirmed when the annual conference in Cardiff turned down the opportunity to change it.

A motion from Sharon Blackford, a consultant representing West Glamorgan Division, called for the abandonment of the presumed consent model which the BMA has backed for the past 12 years. This presumes that all potential donors have consented …