The second morning started with a head to head debate: “This house believes that presumed consent will lead to an increased number of organ donations without an uplift in critical care resources”. Next spring the UK law is changing to an opt-out system, which seems a reasonable answer to the challenge of an ongoing shortage of organs, having some evidence of benefits to donation rates in Spain, and with Wales having also recently implemented this system. After a strong coffee to shake off the mild after effects of last night’s dinner (+/- beverages), we got underway.
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