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Daily Mirror campaign hailed as Theresa May announces plan for opt out organ donation system

By Dominic Ponsford

The Daily Mirror has been credited with helping bring about a change in Government policy which looks set to see England move to an ‘opt out’ system for organ donations.

This would mean a legal presumption that those who die give consent for their organs to be used for transplant purposes, unless they indicate otherwise.

Prime minister Theresa May announced the move yesterday saying that last year 500 people died in England because a suitable organ for transplantation could not be found.

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