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British experts reject donor presumed consent

Britain should not change its organ-donation law to presumed consent, an expert panel recommended Monday. Under current UK law, every person is automatically designated to not be a donor unless they register as one or their family decides to donate their organs after death.

Britain has one of the lowest organ donation rates in Europe

To counteract this the Department of Health intends to launch a 4.5 million pound awareness campaign in 2009. They also intend to recruit new transplant coordinators, establish a national network of organ-retrieval teams and appoint donor mediators who would discuss donation with families facing difficult decision. With this campaign the government hopes to double the number of people signed up as potential donors.

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