§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will introduce legislation to prevent the transplant of organs to private patients where neither the donor before death nor the donor's spouse has explicitly given permission that such organs could be used when a commercial motive was involved.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1984, c. 691]: Organs removed in National Health Service hospitals after a patient's death are allocated to patients on a common waiting list. Although transplant operations
NHS Mental illness hospitals and units in England: Available beds in special units or wards for psychogeriatric assessment at 31 December. Year *Available beds †Available beds per 1,000 population of pensionable age Available beds per 1,000 population aged 75 years and over Available beds per 1,000 population aged 85 years and over 1976 1,696 0.21 0.70 3.70 1977 1,479 0.18 0.59 3.16 1978 1,550 0.19 0.61 3.24 1979 1,630 0.20 0.62 3.35 1980 2,056 0.25 0.76 4.11 1981 2,246 0.27 0.81 4.39 1982 2,354 0.28 0.83 4.46 * Includes some beds in joint units or wards (eg psychogeriatric assessment/rehabilitation). † Males aged 65 and over, females aged 60 and over.