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Stem Cells: Donors

Commons · Question 81630 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of donors for stem cell transplants.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 27 Oct 2025

The United Kingdom aligned stem cell registry (a national register managed collaboratively by Anthony Nolan, DKMS UK, NHS Blood and Transplant and the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry) has over 2.3 million potential stem cell donors registered.The Departm...