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| Wednesday, 30 November 2005 12:50 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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The Scottish Executive is set to approve a new law on organ donation that will bring clarity to the issue of consent and give doctors greater authority to remove organs for transplant.
The Human Tissue (Scotland) Bill would strengthen the current “opting in system” for organ transplants but the British Medical Association has said the changes will not be as effective as an “opt out system” which it believes would save 50 patients a year.
In “opting in” a person makes it clear before their death, through a donor card or by telling relatives, that he or she wants their organs to be used. However, if the person has not left instructions before their death, relatives must then decide what is to be done with the organs.
The Scottish Executive and Holyrood’s health committee decided that Scotland is not yet ready to introduce the “opt out” system used in countries such as Belgium, whereby organs can be used for transplants unless the person states before death that he or she does not wish them to be.
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