The Board of Deputies has urged the Prime Minister to think twice about changing the law on organ donation.
In her speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester today, Theresa May indicated plans to switch from the current “opt-in” system, where patients give consent for the use of their organs, to “opt-out”, where the organs are presumed to be available for transplant unless objections have been recorded.
An opt-out system was introduced into Wales two years ago and the Scottish Government said it was planning to follow suit this year.
Mrs May said with 500 people dying last year because of the lack of an organ for transplant, the government was looking at "shifting the balance of presumption in favour of organ donation”.
