Spalding organ transplant patient says 'have the conversation' about organ donation
Published: 06:15, 12 December 2020
A Spalding teaching assistant whose life was saved after a double organ transplant in 2014 has described the latest NHS figures as "encouraging and disappointing".
Sam Newton (39), who underwent kidney and transplant surgery after he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a child, welcomed figures showing that 135 people across England donated their organs in the first five months after a new law took effect.
The Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2020, which became law on May 20, brought in an "opt out" system where people are now assumed to be willing to donate their organs unless they have indicated otherwise.