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Campaign to increase awareness of sickle cell disorder

A new campaign is being launched to help increase awareness of sickle cell disorder. NHS England is launching the Can You Tell It’s Sickle Cell? campaign, which will help publicise the key signs and symptoms of the disease. A new NHS training ...

18 Jun 2022 at 01:01

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Barriers to blood donation among ethnic minorities in Ireland revealed in new report

The biggest barriers to blood donations in ethnic minority groups in Ireland include lack of information and a history of living in a malaria-endemic region, a report has found. Factors that motivated people among non-Caucasian groups to ...

18 Jun 2022 at 16:33

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Barriers to blood donation among ethnic minorities in Ireland revealed in new report

17 Jun 2022 at 17:33

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Barriers to blood donation among ethnic minorities in Ireland revealed in new report

17 Jun 2022 at 21:33

Campaign launched as more black blood donors urgently needed

A campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the urgent need for more black blood donors. Some of the most influential black people in Britain including John Lewis partnership chair Dame Sharon White and founding ...

20 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Gene-editing therapy for blood disorder recommended for NHS use

Hundreds of people in England with a life-limiting blood disorder are set to benefit from a world-first gene-editing therapy after it was given the green light for NHS use. Health bosses hailed the decision by the ...

08 Aug 2024 at 09:46

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Barriers to blood donation among ethnic minorities in Ireland revealed in new report

17 Jun 2022 at 20:33

Patients with blood disorders to get world-first NHS test

Thousands of patients with inherited blood disorders are to get a world-first NHS test which could help reduce their risk of side effects from blood transfusions. From Monday, people with sickle cell ...

22 Jan 2024 at 00:01

World-first gene therapy for inherited blood disorders approved in UK

The UK’s medicines regulator has authorised a world-first gene therapy as a potential cure for two inherited blood disorders. The treatment, Casgevy, for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, is ...

16 Nov 2023 at 12:05

‘Transformative’ sickle cell treatment approved for NHS use

Around 4,000 people with sickle cell disease in England could benefit from a “life-changing” new treatment after it was given the green light for use in the NHS. Health leaders said that voxelotor, ...

03 May 2024 at 00:01

£1.65m gene-editing therapy offers hope of cure for some blood disorder patients

A £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use for some NHS patients, offering some with an inherited blood disorder hope of a cure. Campaigners reacted with joy as health officials approved ...

31 Jan 2025 at 07:34

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Mum ‘disappointed’ it took nearly fatal cancer diagnosis for doctors to address painful and lifelong sickle cell disease

A young mother has said she is “disappointed” it took a potentially fatal lymphoma diagnosis for doctors to address her painful sickle cell disease after the lifelong condition was “cured” by ...

18 Sept 2024 at 06:30

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