BMA annual meeting: BMA calls for opt-out organ donation to become UK-wide

Doctors have called for the BMA to lobby the governments in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland to implement an opt-out system for organ donation.

In December 2015 a “soft” opt-out system for organ donation was introduced in Wales. Under the new system, if someone has not registered a clear organ donation decision—namely, if they have not opted in or out—they are treated as having no objection to being an organ donor. This …