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England is not the UK.
by mathieuh 6y ago
England is not the UK.
- techsupporter 6y agoAnd it's for long-term (more than one year) residents of England, not just citizens. The headline should read something like "As of today, all residents of England are organ donors unless they opt out" or "Organ donation law in England has changed to opt-out model."
- mathieuh 6y agoYeah, @dang what do you think, I live in NI and when I saw this I was surprised, but nope, it’s just someone conflating England and the UK. Health is devolved to the contituent countries here.
- rwbhn 6y agoCurrent title of the linked article: "Organ donation law in England has changed".
- onei 6y agoIt looks like Wales and Scotland already have this policy in place. Northern Ireland does not, but I'm not too surprised given that health is devolved to the government of the country and NI didn't have a government for 3 years. I can't tell if that's still the case.
- elgenie 6y agoThough it has nearly 85% of the UK's population (and organs).