Claim: Introducing an 'opt-out' system of organ donation in England could allow as many as 700 more lives to be saved a year.
Fact-check: Could 'opt-out' organ donation save 700 lives a year? - Full Fact
Verdict: this is the government's ambition but it's based on very uncertain estimates, which in turn rely on a lot of assumptions. there is currently little evidence for how much changing the consent system actually improves transplant rates, if at all.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2018-08-21T00:00:00