Organ Donation

EDM number 967 in 2007-08, proposed by Gordon Banks on 19/02/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Health services.

That this House welcomes both the recommendations contained in the report from the Organ Donation Taskforce and the Prime Minister's comments that the current system of consent limits the chances of transplant for those awaiting organs; recognises the fine work carried out by NHS staff in difficult circumstances and supports proposals to increase resources to organ transplant teams across the UK; expresses concern that around 8,000 people are currently waiting for organ transplants and that 1,000 people die each year due to a shortage of available organs; considers that this is an avoidable tragedy; and urges the Government to implement the recommendations of the Organ Donation Taskforce and move to an `opt out' system of donation as soon as possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.