19th. August 2003

Dr. Wayne Mapp, MP for North Shore has come to the rescue and asked some Parliamentary Questions of the Minister of Health on organ donation.

Dr. Mapp has been supportive of our campaign from the beginning and today asked some questions that we hope the answers to will shed some interesting light on the issues. We will post the answers up on the site when they become available.

Here are the questions:

8308 (2003). Dr Wayne Mapp to the Minister of Health: How much has the Ministry of Health spent on organ donation public awareness for each of the past four years?

Hon Annette King (Minister of Health) replied: Reply due: 27/08/2003

8309 (2003). Dr Wayne Mapp to the Minister of Health: How much has the Ministry of Health spent on intensive care unit staff training on organ donation for each of the past four years?

Hon Annette King (Minister of Health) replied: Reply due: 27/08/2003

8310 (2003). Dr Wayne Mapp to the Minister of Health: How much have outside sponsors contributed to public awareness and training courses for organ donation?

Hon Annette King (Minister of Health) replied: Reply due: 27/08/2003

8311 (2003). Dr Wayne Mapp to the Minister of Health: What percentage of intensive care unit doctors actually attend organ donation training sessions?

Hon Annette King (Minister of Health) replied: Reply due: 27/08/2003

8312 (2003). Dr Wayne Mapp to the Minister of Health: What was the funding for the organ transplant co-ordinators for each of the past four years?

Hon Annette King (Minister of Health) replied: Reply due: 27/08/2003

8313 (2003). Dr Wayne Mapp to the Minister of Health: How many deaths can be attributed to organs not being available for transplant in each of the past four years?

Hon Annette King (Minister of Health) replied: Reply due: 27/08/2003

Wayne Mapp has his own website. click the link to visit his site: http://www.wayne-mapp.co.nz