❓ The WA government reports significant improvements in organ donation rates following the introduction of new initiatives, particularly the appointment of a medical donor coordinator at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
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Several months ago the Gallop Government announced several initiatives regarding organ donation. Can the minister please advise the House about improvements since the introduction of these initiatives? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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I thank the member for Southern River for the question. In April of this year, the Government announced the appointment of Dr Harry Moody as the medical donor coordinator at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital with the aim of increasing the number of organ donors. Dr Moody’s role is to identify potential organ donors within the hospital, to obtain consent from the next of kin and to champion organ donation throughout the hospital to minimise the number of missed potential donors. It was hoped that Dr Moody’s appointment would increase donation rates at the hospital by up to 100 per cent during a trial that was due to last for 12 months. I am pleased to inform the House that in just two and a half months, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has doubled the number of organ donations it received in total last year. Surgeons at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week retrieved organs for transplantation from the fourth donor at the hospital since Dr Moody’s appointment in April. There were just two organ donors at Sir Charles Gairdner for the entire year last year, and only two in 2002. Surgeons have been able to transplant all of the organs from three donors at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and the kidneys of the fourth donor were available for transplant as well. The latest retrieval of organs at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week brings the total number of organ donors in Western Australia this year to nine - four at Sir Charles Gairdner, four at Royal Perth Hospital and one at Fremantle Hospital. Last year there were a total of 18 organ donors in WA, with 15 in 2002 and 12 in 2001. As well as this initiative, the State Government has taken several other significant steps to increase the number of potential donors in Western Australia. It was thought that the potential pool of organ donors in Western Australian teaching hospitals may be doubled from the number currently identified. Western Australian teaching hospitals plan to implement death audits from July to August this year in a system similar to that in place in Victoria. The audits will be undertaken by a nurse or donor coordinator based in the intensive care unit at the hospital to retrospectively identify potential donors and to identify why they were not identified prospectively. The audit will then serve as an evidence base on which hospitals may improve their systems and processes for identifying and managing potential donors. I remind members of the Bill that passed in this House yesterday; namely, the Coroners Amendment Bill, which was designed to help Western Australians waiting for tissue donations, such as heart valves, corneas and bone grafts, by significantly increasing the pool of potential donors. I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question. In April of this year, the Government announced the appointment of Dr Harry Moody as the medical donor coordinator at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital with the aim of increasing the number of organ donors. Dr Moody’s role is to identify potential organ donors within the hospital, to obtain consent from the next of kin and to champion organ donation throughout the hospital to minimise the number of missed potential donors. It was hoped that Dr Moody’s appointment would increase donation rates at the hospital by up to 100 per cent during a trial that was due to last for 12 months. I am pleased to inform the House that in just two and a half months, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has doubled the number of organ donations it received in total last year. Surgeons at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week retrieved organs for transplantation from the fourth donor at the hospital since Dr Moody’s appointment in April. There were just two organ donors at Sir Charles Gairdner for the entire year last year, and only two in 2002. Surgeons have been able to transplant all of the organs from three donors at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and the kidneys of the fourth donor were available for transplant as well. The latest retrieval of organs at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week brings the total number of organ donors in Western Australia this year to nine - four at Sir Charles Gairdner, four at Royal Perth Hospital and one at Fremantle Hospital. Last year there were a total of 18 organ donors in WA, with 15 in 2002 and 12 in 2001. As well as this initiative, the State Government has taken several other significant steps to increase the number of potential donors in Western Australia. It was thought that the potential pool of organ donors in Western Australian teaching hospitals may be doubled from the number currently identified. Western Australian teaching hospitals plan to implement death audits from July to August this year in a system similar to that in place in Victoria. The audits will be undertaken by a nurse or donor coordinator based in the intensive care unit at the hospital to retrospectively identify potential donors and to identify why they were not identified prospectively. The audit will then serve as an evidence base on which hospitals may improve their systems and processes for identifying and managing potential donors. I remind members of the Bill that passed in this House yesterday; namely, the Coroners Amendment Bill, which was designed to help Western Australians waiting for tissue donations, such as heart valves, corneas and bone grafts, by significantly increasing the pool of potential donors. I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question. In April of this year, the Government announced the appointment of Dr Harry Moody as the medical donor coordinator at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital with the aim of increasing the number of organ donors. Dr Moody’s role is to identify potential organ donors within the hospital, to obtain consent from the next of kin and to champion organ donation throughout the hospital to minimise the number of missed potential donors. It was hoped that Dr Moody’s appointment would increase donation rates at the hospital by up to 100 per cent during a trial that was due to last for 12 months. I am pleased to inform the House that in just two and a half months, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has doubled the number of organ donations it received in total last year. Surgeons at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week retrieved organs for transplantation from the fourth donor at the hospital since Dr Moody’s appointment in April. There were just two organ donors at Sir Charles Gairdner for the entire year last year, and only two in 2002. Surgeons have been able to transplant all of the organs from three donors at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and the kidneys of the fourth donor were available for transplant as well. The latest retrieval of organs at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week brings the total number of organ donors in Western Australia this year to nine - four at Sir Charles Gairdner, four at Royal Perth Hospital and one at Fremantle Hospital. Last year there were a total of 18 organ donors in WA, with 15 in 2002 and 12 in 2001. As well as this initiative, the State Government has taken several other significant steps to increase the number of potential donors in Western Australia. It was thought that the potential pool of organ donors in Western Australian teaching hospitals may be doubled from the number currently identified. Western Australian teaching hospitals plan to implement death audits from July to August this year in a system similar to that in place in Victoria. The audits will be undertaken by a nurse or donor coordinator based in the intensive care unit at the hospital to retrospectively identify potential donors and to identify why they were not identified prospectively. The audit will then serve as an evidence base on which hospitals may improve their systems and processes for identifying and managing potential donors. I remind members of the Bill that passed in this House yesterday; namely, the Coroners Amendment Bill, which was designed to help Western Australians waiting for tissue donations, such as heart valves, corneas and bone grafts, by significantly increasing the pool of potential donors. I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
I am pleased to inform the House that in just two and a half months, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has doubled the number of organ donations it received in total last year. Surgeons at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week retrieved organs for transplantation from the fourth donor at the hospital since Dr Moody’s appointment in April. There were just two organ donors at Sir Charles Gairdner for the entire year last year, and only two in 2002. Surgeons have been able to transplant all of the organs from three donors at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and the kidneys of the fourth donor were available for transplant as well. The latest retrieval of organs at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week brings the total number of organ donors in Western Australia this year to nine - four at Sir Charles Gairdner, four at Royal Perth Hospital and one at Fremantle Hospital. Last year there were a total of 18 organ donors in WA, with 15 in 2002 and 12 in 2001. As well as this initiative, the State Government has taken several other significant steps to increase the number of potential donors in Western Australia. It was thought that the potential pool of organ donors in Western Australian teaching hospitals may be doubled from the number currently identified. Western Australian teaching hospitals plan to implement death audits from July to August this year in a system similar to that in place in Victoria. The audits will be undertaken by a nurse or donor coordinator based in the intensive care unit at the hospital to retrospectively identify potential donors and to identify why they were not identified prospectively. The audit will then serve as an evidence base on which hospitals may improve their systems and processes for identifying and managing potential donors. I remind members of the Bill that passed in this House yesterday; namely, the Coroners Amendment Bill, which was designed to help Western Australians waiting for tissue donations, such as heart valves, corneas and bone grafts, by significantly increasing the pool of potential donors. I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
As well as this initiative, the State Government has taken several other significant steps to increase the number of potential donors in Western Australia. It was thought that the potential pool of organ donors in Western Australian teaching hospitals may be doubled from the number currently identified. Western Australian teaching hospitals plan to implement death audits from July to August this year in a system similar to that in place in Victoria. The audits will be undertaken by a nurse or donor coordinator based in the intensive care unit at the hospital to retrospectively identify potential donors and to identify why they were not identified prospectively. The audit will then serve as an evidence base on which hospitals may improve their systems and processes for identifying and managing potential donors. I remind members of the Bill that passed in this House yesterday; namely, the Coroners Amendment Bill, which was designed to help Western Australians waiting for tissue donations, such as heart valves, corneas and bone grafts, by significantly increasing the pool of potential donors. I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for Southern River for the question. In April of this year, the Government announced the appointment of Dr Harry Moody as the medical donor coordinator at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital with the aim of increasing the number of organ donors. Dr Moody’s role is to identify potential organ donors within the hospital, to obtain consent from the next of kin and to champion organ donation throughout the hospital to minimise the number of missed potential donors. It was hoped that Dr Moody’s appointment would increase donation rates at the hospital by up to 100 per cent during a trial that was due to last for 12 months. I am pleased to inform the House that in just two and a half months, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has doubled the number of organ donations it received in total last year. Surgeons at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week retrieved organs for transplantation from the fourth donor at the hospital since Dr Moody’s appointment in April. There were just two organ donors at Sir Charles Gairdner for the entire year last year, and only two in 2002. Surgeons have been able to transplant all of the organs from three donors at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and the kidneys of the fourth donor were available for transplant as well. The latest retrieval of organs at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week brings the total number of organ donors in Western Australia this year to nine - four at Sir Charles Gairdner, four at Royal Perth Hospital and one at Fremantle Hospital. Last year there were a total of 18 organ donors in WA, with 15 in 2002 and 12 in 2001. As well as this initiative, the State Government has taken several other significant steps to increase the number of potential donors in Western Australia. It was thought that the potential pool of organ donors in Western Australian teaching hospitals may be doubled from the number currently identified. Western Australian teaching hospitals plan to implement death audits from July to August this year in a system similar to that in place in Victoria. The audits will be undertaken by a nurse or donor coordinator based in the intensive care unit at the hospital to retrospectively identify potential donors and to identify why they were not identified prospectively. The audit will then serve as an evidence base on which hospitals may improve their systems and processes for identifying and managing potential donors. I remind members of the Bill that passed in this House yesterday; namely, the Coroners Amendment Bill, which was designed to help Western Australians waiting for tissue donations, such as heart valves, corneas and bone grafts, by significantly increasing the pool of potential donors. I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
I thank the member for Southern River for the question. In April of this year, the Government announced the appointment of Dr Harry Moody as the medical donor coordinator at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital with the aim of increasing the number of organ donors. Dr Moody’s role is to identify potential organ donors within the hospital, to obtain consent from the next of kin and to champion organ donation throughout the hospital to minimise the number of missed potential donors. It was hoped that Dr Moody’s appointment would increase donation rates at the hospital by up to 100 per cent during a trial that was due to last for 12 months. I am pleased to inform the House that in just two and a half months, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has doubled the number of organ donations it received in total last year. Surgeons at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week retrieved organs for transplantation from the fourth donor at the hospital since Dr Moody’s appointment in April. There were just two organ donors at Sir Charles Gairdner for the entire year last year, and only two in 2002. Surgeons have been able to transplant all of the organs from three donors at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and the kidneys of the fourth donor were available for transplant as well. The latest retrieval of organs at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week brings the total number of organ donors in Western Australia this year to nine - four at Sir Charles Gairdner, four at Royal Perth Hospital and one at Fremantle Hospital. Last year there were a total of 18 organ donors in WA, with 15 in 2002 and 12 in 2001. As well as this initiative, the State Government has taken several other significant steps to increase the number of potential donors in Western Australia. It was thought that the potential pool of organ donors in Western Australian teaching hospitals may be doubled from the number currently identified. Western Australian teaching hospitals plan to implement death audits from July to August this year in a system similar to that in place in Victoria. The audits will be undertaken by a nurse or donor coordinator based in the intensive care unit at the hospital to retrospectively identify potential donors and to identify why they were not identified prospectively. The audit will then serve as an evidence base on which hospitals may improve their systems and processes for identifying and managing potential donors. I remind members of the Bill that passed in this House yesterday; namely, the Coroners Amendment Bill, which was designed to help Western Australians waiting for tissue donations, such as heart valves, corneas and bone grafts, by significantly increasing the pool of potential donors. I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
I am pleased to inform the House that in just two and a half months, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has doubled the number of organ donations it received in total last year. Surgeons at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week retrieved organs for transplantation from the fourth donor at the hospital since Dr Moody’s appointment in April. There were just two organ donors at Sir Charles Gairdner for the entire year last year, and only two in 2002. Surgeons have been able to transplant all of the organs from three donors at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and the kidneys of the fourth donor were available for transplant as well. The latest retrieval of organs at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital this week brings the total number of organ donors in Western Australia this year to nine - four at Sir Charles Gairdner, four at Royal Perth Hospital and one at Fremantle Hospital. Last year there were a total of 18 organ donors in WA, with 15 in 2002 and 12 in 2001. As well as this initiative, the State Government has taken several other significant steps to increase the number of potential donors in Western Australia. It was thought that the potential pool of organ donors in Western Australian teaching hospitals may be doubled from the number currently identified. Western Australian teaching hospitals plan to implement death audits from July to August this year in a system similar to that in place in Victoria. The audits will be undertaken by a nurse or donor coordinator based in the intensive care unit at the hospital to retrospectively identify potential donors and to identify why they were not identified prospectively. The audit will then serve as an evidence base on which hospitals may improve their systems and processes for identifying and managing potential donors. I remind members of the Bill that passed in this House yesterday; namely, the Coroners Amendment Bill, which was designed to help Western Australians waiting for tissue donations, such as heart valves, corneas and bone grafts, by significantly increasing the pool of potential donors. I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
As well as this initiative, the State Government has taken several other significant steps to increase the number of potential donors in Western Australia. It was thought that the potential pool of organ donors in Western Australian teaching hospitals may be doubled from the number currently identified. Western Australian teaching hospitals plan to implement death audits from July to August this year in a system similar to that in place in Victoria. The audits will be undertaken by a nurse or donor coordinator based in the intensive care unit at the hospital to retrospectively identify potential donors and to identify why they were not identified prospectively. The audit will then serve as an evidence base on which hospitals may improve their systems and processes for identifying and managing potential donors. I remind members of the Bill that passed in this House yesterday; namely, the Coroners Amendment Bill, which was designed to help Western Australians waiting for tissue donations, such as heart valves, corneas and bone grafts, by significantly increasing the pool of potential donors. I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
I take this opportunity to personally thank Dr Harry Moody, Dr Wally Thompson and the intensive care staff, along with Dr Alan Kermode and the nursing staff in neurology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, for their excellent work in this area.
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