‘Pass it on’ - New Organ Donation Law in England May 2020: What Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities should do and Why?

Sunil Daga; Rakesh  Patel; Dane Howard; Kirit Mistry; Veena Daga

doi:10.38192/1.6.1.7

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020), Articles

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020)

‘Pass it on’ - New Organ Donation Law in England May 2020: What Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities should do and Why?

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https://doi.org/10.38192/1.6.1.7

Published 2020-04-07 — Updated on 2020-05-05

Sunil Daga PhD, MRCP, MBBS⁺⁻
Rakesh Patel MBBS MRCP⁺⁻
Dane Howard MPharm⁺⁻
Kirit Mistry⁺⁻
Veena Daga FRCA⁺⁻

Sunil Daga PhD, MRCP, MBBS

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

Rakesh Patel MBBS MRCP

University of Nottingham, UK

Dane Howard MPharm

St James University Hospital, Leeds, UK

Kirit Mistry

South Asian Health Action Charity, Leicester, UK

Veena Daga FRCA

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

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organ donation
BAME
communities
opt-out
transplantation

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Daga, S., Patel, R. ., Howard, D., Mistry, K., & Daga, V. (2020). ‘Pass it on’ - New Organ Donation Law in England May 2020: What Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities should do and Why?. The Physician, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.38192/1.6.1.7 (Original work published April 7, 2020)

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From 2020, a new legislation comes into force in the UK providing legal status to the concept of presumed consent, extending this from Wales. In essence, consent for organ donation will be assumed unless the donor had actively opted-out. For Black Asian and minority ethnic communities, there is a widening gap between the availability of donors and those that are waiting on transplant lists. A particular stumbling block seems to be the denial of consent by next-of-kin, which appears to be disproportionately high. Exploration of the reasons behind such withholding of consent appears to be lack of information, myths, a lack of cultural sensitivity more than any religious decree [1-2]. Hence, this article will explore in-depth the current scenario, the causes behind these disproportionate representation and leadership that community leaders need to take to improve the access to this life-saving treatment option.

1 Chakravorty, I. (2020). The Gift of Life: Social & Cultural Perspectives on Organ Donation. SUSHRUTA Journal of Health Policy & Opinions, 13(1), 10-12. https://doi.org/10.38192/13.1.2

2 Krishnan, N., & Modi, K. (2020). Organ Donation Law & Its Impact on BAME Communities. SUSHRUTA Journal of Health Policy & Opinions, 13(1), 13-15. https://doi.org/10.38192/13.1.4

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