Ethics briefings

The report recommended that: "the DH should issue guidance stating that organs must not be accepted if the donor or family wish to attach racist or other conditions about the recipient; and NHS training programmes should be reviewed to ensure that all staff are aware of their obligations and responsibilities under the Race Relations Act 1976". In commenting on these two reports, the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the BMA, welcomed the conclusions reached, but believed strongly that the proposals did not go far enough. 5 The BMA called for a radical review of organ donation and a broad-ranging and informed public debate to develop an overall strategy for increasing the number of organs available for donation.