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Scots become Automatic Organ Donors

Everyone in Scotland is now an automatic organ donor – unless you have opted out. From today, Friday 26th March 2021, new legislation for Scots will presume that people are consenting to being organ donors, unless they have officially stated otherwise. The move will mean that many more people can be given life-saving and life-changing […]

Organ & Tissue Donation

An important article. From March 26th 2021, the law around organ and tissue donation in Scotland is changing. If you’re Scottish, 16 or over, you will be considered a possible donor after you die, unless you opt out. The new law is being done to save and improve lives, but of course, you have a […]