Closed petition Change the law on next of kin having final decision on organ donation

Closed on 6 November 2019

I would like the law changed to prevent next of kin from declining a person’s wish to donate their organs. Many people sign up to donate but when they die their family deny the donation. My sister has recently passed away while waiting for a kidney and pancreas transplant. She was only aged 31.

It should only be possible to overturn their wish through a legal challenge.

NHS Blood and Transplant estimates that if 80% of families approached to donate a relative’s organs said yes, more than 1,000 additional transplants would take place.

Almost 9 out of ten families in 2015/16 agreed to donation when the patient’s decision was known, but fewer than 5 out of ten agreed when the patient’s decision was not known at the time of the potential donation.