Blood: Donors
2026-05-17 · Department of Health and Social Care · 2141 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many completed blood donation appointments took place in past 12 months; and if he will provide the ethnic and gender breakdown of donors.
Answer
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need.NHSBT collects donor’s sex assigned at birth and gender identity; a donors’ sex is recorded as the ways in which...