Organ Donation Presumed Consent

EDM number 852 in 2016-17, proposed by Paul Flynn on 10/01/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Health services and Medical ethics.

That this House congratulates the Welsh Government on the introduction of presumed consent for organ donation in Wales; notes that 39 lives have been saved in the past year; is concerned that the UK has one of the lowest rates of organ donation consent in Europe; notes the UK target to increase organ donation consent rates to 80 per cent by 2020; and further notes the model successes of presumed consent in Wales which could be replicated across the UK to increase numbers of organs available for donation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.