Printed from: https://archive.cmf.org.uk/advocacy/submissions/?id=142
Published: 31st January 2012
Plans for new legislation for organ donation in Wales to introduce a 'soft opt-out system' - otherwise known as 'presumed consent' - will permit doctors to remove organs and tissue from any dead patient, unless they had specifically registered a formal objection to it, or their families give consent.
Steven Fouch (CMF Head of Communications) 020 7234 9668
Alistair Thompson on 07970 162 225
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