HC Deb 21 March 2001 vol 365 cc241-2W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Retained Organs Commission will validate the system to be used by the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust for recording the organs and tissues retained following post mortem. [153948]

Mr. Denham [holding answer 15 March 2001]

The Retained Organs Commission (ROC) expects to receive a recommendation from the South East Regional Office of the National Health Service Executive on the accuracy of the cataloguing of retained organs by the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust by 30 April 2001, at the latest, in accordance with the guidance issued by the commission on 9 March, a copy of which is at www.nhs.uk/retainedorgans.

Validation by the ROC of the system used by this trust will depend upon the substance of this recommendation.