SOUTH AUSTRALIA STATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR Dr Stewart Moodie NURSING SERVICE DIRECTOR Heylen Laver FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF 5.71 8.87 NUMBER OF DONATELIFE HOSPITALS 5 NUMBER OF DECEASED DONORS IN 2016 (TOTAL: 503) NUMBER OF TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS IN 2016 (TOTAL: 1,447) Bereavement follow-up During the year we established a bereavement follow-up service in intensive care units. This has enabled DonateLife SA staff to better understand what factors have supported distressed families during their loved one’s final hospitalisation. The quality of care around end of life is recognised to have an impact on the donation decision. Increasing donation opportunities Developing pathways for rural hospitals and embedding specialist staff in emergency departments and paediatric intensive care units has enabled organ and tissue donation to be offered at more locations in South Australia. Identifying donation opportunities outside of metropolitan ICUs is an essential part of increasing donation rates. Increasing donation conversation workshop attendance The majority of SA intensive care specialists have now attended the core Family Donation Conversation workshop and our goal is to have 80% trained by 2018. Completion of the course by relevant staff is central to ensuring families make an informed decision about donation. RAA Street Smart, 5–6 April 2017 International Volunteer Day Parade, 5 December 2016. DonateLife SA staff and volunteers Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority 43
DONATELIFE The 2017 DonateLife Forum was held on 11 May at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, with a theme of ‘Where to from here?’ The forum attracted over 300 delegates from the organ and tissue donation and transplantation sectors, the intensive care community, community organisations, donor family members, transplant recipients and OTA The event enabled these delegates to come together to share experiences and ideas on how to better implement and further embed the national reform program into clinical and community practice. Invitations to participate in the forum were extended to community members this year for the first time. The previously named DonateLife Network Forum was renamed the DonateLife Forum to reflect this more inclusive approach and the forum program included presentations relevant to both the clinical and community sectors. The positive collaboration demonstrated on the day was impressive. It provided a platform for our future efforts to consolidate and build on our significant past achievements, and to drive the reform program forward. COMMUNITY CONSULTATIVE FORUM A Community Consultative Forum on contact between donor families and transplant recipients was held on 17 March 2017. It provided an opportunity for sharing and open discussion about different Australian stakeholder experiences, perspectives and insights into the complex issue of direct contact between donor families and recipients. It was also an opportunity to improve knowledge of this issue, and promote awareness and understanding of the diversity of public opinions among different stakeholder groups. Participants at the forum included donor families, transplant recipients, peak bodies, governments and the DonateLife Network. The forum provided an opportunity for all participants to share their different perspectives and views on identity disclosure, communication, and contact between families and recipients. Dr Helen Opdam (National Medical Director), Dr Dale Gardiner (United Kingdom Deputy National Clinical Lead for Organ Donation), and Dr Sarah Jones (NT State Medical Director) at the DonateLife forum