Trends in organ donation in England, Scotland and Wales in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and 'opt-out' legislation.

ABSTRACT: In May 2020, England implemented soft 'opt-out' or 'deemed consent' for deceased donation with the intention of raising consent rates. However, this coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic, making it difficult to assess the early impact of the law change. Wales and Scotland changed their organ donation legislation to implement soft opt-out systems in 2015 and 2021 respectively. This study provides a descriptive analysis of changes in consent and transplant rates for deceased organ donation in England, Scotland and Wales. Logistic regression and descriptive trend analysis were employed to assess the probability of a patient who died in critical care becoming a donor, and to report consent rates using data, respectively, from the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) in Eng

SUBMITTER: O'Neill S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11290620 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature