Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 87959

Blood: Donors

Tabled: 4 November 2025

Answered: 14 November 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the lifetime blood donation deferral for people who have used tanning injections with a fixed-term exclusion period similar to tho

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

There are no plans to update the deferral policy for tanning injections. Unlike tattooing and piercing, tanning injections are not well regulated. Given injectable tanning products work internally, they do not meet the definition of a cosmetic product and...

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