{"id":5753,"date":"2011-11-15T14:47:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T14:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=5753"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:55:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:55:47","slug":"wales-to-change-transplant-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/wales-to-change-transplant-rules","title":{"rendered":"Wales to change transplant rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Government publish white paper outlining donor overhaul<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5767\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Nologo_6_Donor_Big_SL1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5767\" title=\"Nologo_6_Donor_Big_SL\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Nologo_6_Donor_Big_SL1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The white paper&#39;s proposals would make more transplant organs available<\/p><\/div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh Government\u2019s white paper outlining plans to reform the donor card system was finally published last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Government\u2019s plans would allow the removal of a patients organs after death unless the patient chose to \u2018opt out\u2019 of the proposed scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The so called \u2018soft opt out\u2019 option would ensure family members are consulted before organs are removed and would dramatically increase the number of organs available for transplantation.<\/p>\n<p>Delith Lloyd from the British Heart Foundation Cymru says they are fully behind the proposals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system will obviously help people who are on the list for a heart transplant,\u201d said Delyth. \u201cHeart transplants are the only effective treatment for heart failure, but a shortage of hearts means that many people die whilst waiting on the list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government publish white paper outlining donor overhaul \u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Welsh Government\u2019s white paper outlining plans to reform the donor card system was finally published last week. 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