Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 89601

Blood: Donors

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase blood donations among Latin American people in (a) Lambeth and (b) the rest of the UK.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT does not plan to add 'Latin American' to blood donation forms at this time. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) includes a list of ethnic groups that should be used ...

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