THE new Scottish Health Secretary, Alex Neil, is facing calls to radically overhaul Scotland's organ donation system after it emerged he had backed a change in the law.
THE new Scottish Health Secretary, Alex Neil, is facing calls to radically overhaul Scotland's organ donation system after it emerged he had backed a change in the law.
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Helen Puttick Health Correspondent
While in opposition, Mr Neil signed a bill that would have allowed all organs to be used for transplantation, unless patients opted out.
The bill, however, was rejected, and people still have to volunteer for their organs to be used.
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