Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

While the review found that the existing strategy was sound, it also found that there is significant room for improvement, from community awareness, consent to donation and clinical practice within hospitals to the role of the health system at all levels. The review also endorsed the government's strategy to move to the online registration process.

The review made 24 recommendations, that the government has welcomed, on many aspects of organ and tissue donation, particularly around areas of transparency, accountability and governance. The government definitely supports the need for additional effort on stronger performance across the national program for organ and tissue donation and transplantation, and we are now considering those recommendations very closely as to which ones should be the top priorities.