§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he proposes to ensure that opted-out hospitals under his proposals for reform of the National Health Service will finance the necessary care of brain dead organ donors prior to transplant operations including heart-lung transplants for cystic fibrosis patients; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. FreemanWe are awaiting the report of a study, commissioned by the Department of the costs incurred by hospitals which provide donor organs for transplant. We shall be examining future financial arrangements in the light of the results of this study.