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so, basically your only problem is that the possibility of opt-out may not be adequately communicated? and, i think everyone would agree that changing the law but not telling anyone would be bad and wrong. but, spoiler alert, that didn't happen. and if we found someone who could or did not understand, the default would be to not use their organs.

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They're dead, so it's often a bit tricky to find out. What you could do is have some way of recording that people have been told about the opt-out, then they could carry a card around with them that says "I have been informed of the opt-out and choose not to, please take my organs". Only take the organs if they are carrying such a card.

And I'd be interested to know of the percentage of UK adults who are aware of the opt-out. I had a search around but couldn't find any surveys, are you aware of any?

good question. every household got a big blue envelope with large print writing in it saying something like 'important information about organ donation changes' (or similar, can't find my copy now) and a pamphlet inside. like i said, this was sent to every household, so it does miss the homeless, illiterate and non english speakers (although the pamphlet had instructions in other languages explaining how to access more information) and there were press, radio, tv, internet and outdoor adverts, as i recall. i mean, only covid-19 health information dissemination has been more extensive recently. but, you're right, would be interesting to know how effective the campaign was, and im sure they checked, since it cost a fair bit of public money, so the information should be available somewhere online...

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