More money but no more organ donations

Been passed on by Andy Tookey an OIA about Organ Donation NZ – SC454E0100315031608560.

Key out takes:

• Organ Donation NZ budget Increase since 2004 = 707%
•  Organ Donation NZ Full Time Staff Increase since 2004 = 300%
•  Organ Donation NZ Part Time Staff Increase since 2004 = 700%
•  Increase in Organ Donors since 2004 = 5%

The people at Organ Donation NZ are I am sure well motivated. But the reality is a huge increase in budget and staff hasn’t seen an increase in organ donations. And I think that is because of their hostility to any change from the status quo.

We have pretty much the lowest organ donation rate in the western world. The status quo is not good enough.