NHS may stop families overriding consent of patients on register

[Northerner]

Patients who have agreed to be organ donors could be given priority if they ever need a transplant themselves under controversial NHS proposals.

Experts say those prepared to give up their own organs should be moved up transplant waiting lists.

The plans are part of a raft of initiatives to encourage more people to join the organ donation register in the hope of saving hundreds of lives a year through transplants.

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