Mr MOSSFIELD (1:45 PM) —I am pleased to report to the parliament on a very successful Volunteers Appreciation Day organised by the New South Wales Department of Health last week in Greenway. Some 130 volunteers work at the Blacktown Hospital, performing a range of functions including fundraising, patient transport, flowers and patient deliveries. These duties assist not only the patients and their families but staff members as well. The assistant director of corporate services for Blacktown Hospital, Susan Shaw, said:

One of the most important roles played by the volunteers is the staffing of the Blacktown auxiliary gift shop. Here Margaret Bacon, Hazel Nicholls, Delma Sullivan, Mary Holsworth and Vera Barnes do a marvellous job. Each year, as a result of the volunteers' fundraising efforts, important equipment is purchased for the hospital. For example, last year a ventilator for the intensive care unit, a wig cabinet and wigs for the oncology department and a pulse oximeter were some of the items purchased. I say congratulations and thank you to Margaret Hayes and her team of volunteers.