New organ donation opt-out system will be in place by 2020 in England - should the same be introduced here?

Aug 06, 2018, 09:58 AM

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A new opt-out system for organ donation will be in place by 2020 in England, if Parliament approves "Max's Law". Under the plans detailed by ministers, adults will be presumed to be organ donors unless they have specifically recorded their decision not to be. But what about here in Northern Ireland? Wales already has the system, Scotland looks like its heading that way - so will NI be the only place in the UK without? Stephen got the views of Claire Murphy - who's brother Ciaran died in July 2014 because he didn't receive a second lung transplant on time - and commentator Fionola Meredith.