Organ donors may be rewarded with free funeral

Organ donation is a hotly debated topic. Making it even more so, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics recommends that the NHS should foot the bill the funeral for those signing up to the donor registry.

But there’s a catch- in order to qualify for a freebie funeral, one has to die in circumstances that will leave the organs in a good enough condition to allow them to be donated.

If successfully introduced, the scheme could assist the NHS greatly in saving more of the 1,000 people who lose their lives as a result of organ shortages.