Blood: Greater Manchester
Commons · Question 66285 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more people from ethnic minority backgrounds to become blood donors in Greater Manchester.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 28 Jul 2025
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England.Recruiting donors from black heritage backgrounds is a strategic priority for NHSBT, driven by the clinical need to provide better matched blood for patients with conditions lik...