§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent initiatives his Department has taken to promote the carrying of organ transplant donor cards; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe Department maintains a continuous campaign to promote the carrying of organ transplant donor cards. Recently a full-page advertisement in the magazine of a leading Scottish Sunday newspaper encouraged the carrying of cards. Some 100,000 cards are distributed annually, free of charge, to a wide variety of outlets throughout Scotland.
I am confident that the opening of the heart/lung transplant unit in Glasgow and my recent announcement about the establishment of a liver transplant unit in Scotland will alert more Scottish people to the benefits of transplantation, and thus provide an impetus to the donor campaign.