Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 87962

Blood: Donors

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 14 November 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS Blood and Transplant donor exclusion policies (a) reflect up-to-date medical evidence and (b) do not unnecessarily restrict donor participatio

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
NHS Blood and Transplant’s (NHSBT) donor selection criteria are based on advice provided by the Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services’ Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC). JPAC regularly reviews its guidelines ...

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