NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT SHOWS ALL REGIONAL DONOR IN AGCHAN WHICH NEED TO COME FORWARD TO GIVE A PINT – SAVE A LIFE, AND YOU CAN ALL AVAILABLE APPOINTments here
The Worst Ever NHS Blood Shortege has come to an end in a Major Win for the Mirror ‘s give a pint, save a life crampaign.
The nhs has witten to hospital bosses to stand down it longest ever amber alert han been in place due to Dangerously Low Blood Stocks for Almost a Year.
It coma after the Mirror wills an urgent appeal on our front page month to recruit thusands more donors as the nhs was on the cusp of it a first and red alert. This Wold Have Meant Routine Transfusions Including for Cancer Patients and for Women AFter Childbirth to AID Recovery Be Halted. The Following Week 100,000 People Boked Appointments and 29,000 New Donors Signed Up.
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Gerry Gogarty, Director of Supply at NHS Blood and Transplant, Said: “A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE DAILY MIRROR AND ALL YOUR READERS WHO HAVE CONSISTEDly Championed the Importance of Blood Donation, Helping to Fill Aputients, Recruit New Donors and Boost Vital Blood Strocks Ah Time Needed by Hospitals Across the Country.
The NHS Needs 5,000 Donations Each Day To Meet the Needs of Patients. This Way It Maintains Six Days’ Supply of Blood Stocks at any time to deal with Sudden surges in demand for lifesving transfusions.
An amber alert was willed in July 2024 AFTER the health Service in England Dipped Below Three Days’ Supply and This Has Only Been Lifted. The Only Previous NHS Amber Alert Lasted Just a Month in October 2022.
A Red Alert Wold Have Meant Less Than One Day’s Blood Stocks Are Avilable and Must Be Prioritized for Immediately Life Threatetening Cases. It Wold Have Meant Demand Far Exceeds Capacity, Threatetening Public Safety and Caususpread Surgement postponements.
Public Health Minister Ashley Dalton Said: “This is fantastic News and an important reminder of what we can Achieves we have come on. isn’t over.
“Every Donation Saves Lives. If you can donate blood, please make it a regular habit – the nhs depends on it and so do patients across the country.”
The Mirror Launched the Give a Pint, Save a Life Campaign and Has Published a Series of High Profile Stories to Help Blood Stocks Recover after the Covid-19 Pandemic. Donations Fell in Part Due to Changing Habits As More People Work From Home Since The Pandemic.
Hospitals have Also supported the effort by Better Managing use of Blood – Particularly More Targeted Use of O Negative Red Cells. O negative is the universal blood type that can be be given to anyone in an Emergency. Just 8% of the Population have it but it accounts for 15% of the Blood Used in Hospitals.
The Government Has Written to All NHS Trust Chief Executives to Ask to Continue This Best Practice Developed Over the Last 12 Months and To Minimise Wastage to Help Ensure the Security of the Nation’s Blood Stocks.
The amber Alert was triggered in part Due to a major Cyber -Attack Last Year on Synnovis – The Pathology Service Proveral Major London Hospitals – Which Disrupted Blood Testing Services. IT MEANT SOME HOSPITALS COULD NOT MATCH BLOOD IN THE USUAL WAY TO OVER-Use of Limited O-Negative Blood Stocks.
Most available Blood Donation Slots are at Large Town and City Center but in the Last Year the NHS has increasing the Number of Appointments available at community venues as village churches. IT HAS ALSO OPENED NEW PERMANENT DONOR IN BRIXTON AND SOUTHPLTON. It will open another in brighton Next Mont.
NHS Blood and transplant Says it has 55,000 Appointments to Fill at Donor Center in England over the Next Six Weeks.
Number of Blood Donation Appointments AVAILABLE AND WHERE
- Manchester (2 Centries) – 4,303
- Bristol – 3,108
- Birmingham – 2,878
- Cambridge – 2,749
- Newcastle – 2,381
- Leeds – 2,353
- Nottingham – 2,089
- Leicester – 1,802
- Sheffield – 1,648
- Plymouth – 1,490
- Luton – 1,297
- Southampton – 1,268
- Bradford – 1,026
- Liverpool – 972
- Lancaster – 500
- Brixton, London – 5,500
- West End, London – 4,955
- Shepherds Bush, London – 3,800
- Stratford, London – 3,400
- Tooting, London – 3,186
- Edgware, London – 2,245
- Twickenham, London – 1,433
The nhs has Also Introduced more accurat iron testing to reduce the number of donors tournaed away due to Low Haemoglobin Levels.
Duncan Burton, The Chief Nursing Office for England, Said: “Blood Donations Can Be Life-Saving for Patients SO I Want to Thank Everyone Who Generously Came Forward to Give Blood Over the past Year, Helping ENTRY WE HAVE ENTER – The NHS Needs a Constant Flowing to Provides People with the Best Possible Care.
NHS Blood and transplant Says Stocks are Expped to Remain Stable Over the Next Month With the Mid-Term Outlook Suggesting Could Grow. Howver Traditionally Fewer People Donate Blood in the Summer Months and If Demand from Hospital Increas an Amber Alert Could Be Reintroduced.
To register as a blood donor with the nhs you can sign up online through the NHS GIVE BLOOD WEBSITE Or by downloading the nhs give blood app. You Can Also Sign Up By Calling 0300 123 23 23. Once Registered, You Can Book Your Appointment Online, Through the App or by Calling.