Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 50555

Blood: Donors

Tabled: 7 May 2025

Answered: 12 May 2025

Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) ethnicity and (b) gender of blood donors turned away during (i) outreach and (ii) prescreening in the latest period for which data is available; and

Answer

Ashley Dalton

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England.  NHSBT does not hold data on deferrals resulting from an appointment booking call. It is possible that donors mention a reason which then may result in a deferral during the ca...

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