The donor form
In order to register as donor you must fill in the donor form and return it to the Donor Register. Some weeks later you will receive a letter with your personal data. You will be asked to check your details and correct them if necessary. The letter will also inform you of the proper course of action should you change your mind, something you are always at liberty to do. Your personal data will be treated with the strictest confidence. Should you decide against use the donor form, then the decision to donate your organs will fall to your next of kin.
It is important that you inform your partner, family and friends of your decision to become a donor. By doing so you will avoid any uncertainties at the time of your death and spare your loved ones a very difficult decision.
The donor form offers a choice of four possibilities. You choose simply by ticking you preference with a black or blue pen (not a red one). Should you change you mind about your original choice, then simply cross out the box completely and tick your new choice.
Choice 1
I do want to donate my organs and tissues for transplantation after my death.
Are there certain organs you not want to donate? Please tick these on the back of this donor declaration.
Choice 2
I do not want to donate my organs and tissues for transplantation.
Choice 3
I will let my relatives decide whether my organs and tissues may be used for transplantation.
First, your husband or wife decides. In their absence, your parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, brothers or sisters may decide. In some instances your parents-in-law or a brother or sister- in-law will be called on to make this decision.
Choice 4
After my death, a specific person will decide whether organs and tissues may be used for transplantation.
Please fill in the name, address and phone number of the delegated person on the back of this donor form. The delegated person can be a relative or a friend, the choice is yours. You have to report address changes of this person to the donor register. If the person in question cannot be reached after your death, then your relatives will be consulted. If you have no relatives, then an organ donation cannot take place.