The press are full of a plan to change the opt in system to a opt out organ donation system. The basic reason for this is that people currently have to opt in and tell their families of their desire to give organs after death - basically many people don't get around to it, they may then have an accident die and their family and the doctors have no evidence that they wanted to donate organs and thus the organs are not used.
The idea is to have a system that presumes people will donate unless they opt out. This to me makes more sense as people who feel strongly that they don't want to donate (which I can understand) will make a point of opting out and the rest will stay opted in and their organs will be used if they die and are suitable.
I do think it a shame that Gordon Brown has tried to steal the limelight on this - it puts bad publicitiy on it straight away. Many of the discussion boards - comment about Gordon Brown rather than the idea which is a shame.
I have been asked by UK Transplant to be a spokesperson for this campaign.
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