{"id":679,"date":"2021-02-13T21:23:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T21:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-loudly-donate-proudly.org\/?p=679"},"modified":"2025-07-20T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:02:45","slug":"time-is-precious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live-loudly-donate-proudly.org\/index.php\/2021\/02\/13\/time-is-precious\/","title":{"rendered":"Time is precious&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time is precious. We won&#8217;t ask for much of it in this blog.<\/p>\n<p>If you live in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health would like to hear your views on a possible change to the organ donor register, from the current opt-in system to a proposed opt-out system. They&#8217;re asking about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Your current intentions or decisions about donating your organs\/tissue after you die;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Whether you have shared this decision with your loved ones;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Whether a move to a statutory opt-out system would change your decision;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The groups of people who should be exempt from the proposed changes;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The role that your family and loved ones should play;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The scenarios in which deemed consent should not be applied, e.g. donation for research purposes, or for novel and rare types of transplants; and,<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How we should engage with the public to raise public awareness of the proposed changes in the law, and the focus for future communications.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sound like a lot?\u00a0 Not really.\u00a0 It&#8217;s mostly multiple choice questions that can be done online in a\u00a0few minutes.\u00a0 It could even be a short lockdown activity for a family.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the link for a look &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.health-ni.gov.uk\/consultations\/organ-donation?fbclid=IwAR2dnLN4r2bPBv-Gf4JYgB_ITxesJOjdTDaMSz9NHPZakHRlucuoufZZAjU\">Consultation on organ donation<\/a>\u00a0 Just scroll down to respond online.<\/p>\n<p>The few minutes you give to it could, one day, make a difference between a transplant or no transplant to someone who is waiting, waiting, waiting as time slips away.\u00a0 \u00a0Could you squeeze in a few minutes to have a look before the consultation closes next Friday 19th February?<\/p>\n<p>Whether you live in Northern Ireland or not, a few minutes of conversation with family and friends, making sure we all know and understand each other&#8217;s wishes\u00a0 on organ donation is time well spent.\u00a0 \u00a0Your time is precious.\u00a0 Your decision could give someone else some precious time.\u00a0 A whole new lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time is precious. 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