§ Mr. RoyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to receive the report of the Review into Eye Transplantation and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; and if he will make a statement. [37895]
§ Mr. GalbraithSir William Stewart submitted his report to me and my hon. Friends the Health Ministers for England, Wales and Northern Ireland on 27 February. I am grateful to him for the hard work he and his team put into the Report and for the conclusions he reached. I have placed a copy of the Report in the Library.
Sir William reviewed the circumstances surrounding the use for transplantation of eye tissue from a donor who was later found to have been suffering from the classic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. His Report clearly sets out the facts surrounding the occurrence, and makes 18 recommendations covering both specific improvements which should be made to procedures and more general issues arising from the Review. The Government welcome the recommendations and are considering them.