Submitted on Saturday 27th August 2022
Rejected on Tuesday 11th October 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Provide BIPOC communities with option to donate organs to their ethnic groups
Petitioning to create an opt-out system allowing members of BIPOC communities to donate their organs to members of their minority group.
Discuss misconceptions with them for informed consent.
See: https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/helping-you-to-decide/about-organ-donation/get-the-facts/
Research suggests 1/3 of the reason BIPOC people do not donate is fear of being given less adequate healthcare to have their organs taken for other patients (particularly those of the caucasian population).
"...more than 300 organ transplants for black patients...carried out [in 2018]...majority received an organ from a white donor...best blood and tissue match, and the best outcome... will come from a donor of the same ethnicity." - https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/black-community...
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
The Government is responsible for the legal framework governing organ donation, but decisions about who receives donated organs are a clinical matter for medical professionals, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We could accept a petition calling for a public awareness campaign about organ donation aimed at BIPOC communities.
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