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NHS makes ‘urgent’ call for black blood donors

The NHS has issued an urgent call for more black blood donors. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said that a record level of blood donations are now needed every day to treat people with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is particularly common ...

06 Oct 2022 at 01:01

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Minister makes appeal for new donors for human milk bank

More donors are needed for Northern Ireland’s only human milk bank – which helps premature and seriously ill babies, the health minister has said. Robin Swann visited the facility at the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen, which provides milk ...

22 Aug 2022 at 20:33

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Minister makes appeal for new donors for human milk bank

22 Aug 2022 at 20:33

Donors from Carlow wanted for human milk bank as Minister makes appeal

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Minister makes appeal for new donors for human milk bank

More donors are needed from Carlow and across Ireland for Northern Ireland’s only human milk bank – which helps premature and seriously ill babies, the health minister has said. Robin Swann visited the facility at the South West Acute ...

22 Aug 2022 at 20:33

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Minister makes appeal for new donors for human milk bank

22 Aug 2022 at 15:30

Thousands of donors come forward to ease blood shortage

Thousands of people offered to donate blood in response to an amber alert over critically low stocks, NHS Blood and Transplant has said. Most appointments to donate blood this week are now fully booked, although the NHS is ...

13 Oct 2022 at 15:59

First-ever amber alert issued as blood stocks fall critically low

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has declared its first-ever amber alert as blood supplies dropped to a critically low level. Hospitals have been told to implement plans to protect their stocks, meaning non-urgent ...

12 Oct 2022 at 14:13

Number of families agreeing to organ donations dips for first time in years

The number of families agreeing to organ donations has dipped for the first time in eight years, new figures show. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has urged people to register their opinions on organ donation ...

13 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Mural celebrates black blood donors as NHS calls for more in sickle cell fight

A black British artist hopes his mural honouring black blood donors can encourage more “generous souls” to donate blood to “save lives” as the NHS highlights the need for “more people of black heritage to ...

12 Jun 2023 at 14:24

Patients with major blood loss to get ‘whole blood transfusions’ in new trial

Patients who have lost a significant amount of blood as a result of accident or injury are to be given “whole blood transfusions” in a bid to improve their chances of survival. Evidence from army medics ...

14 Dec 2022 at 01:01

‘Lab-grown red blood cells transfused in to person in a world first’

Red blood cells grown in a laboratory have been transfused in to a person in a world first clinical trial. Scientists say that if proved safe and effective, manufactured blood cells could revolutionise ...

07 Nov 2022 at 01:01

World-first study to identify stem cell super donors launched

A world-first study to identify people who could be stem cell super donors has been launched in the UK. Scientists will analyse DNA samples from up to 5,000 past donors to find out which genes ...

23 Aug 2024 at 00:01

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