NHS urging people with three blood types to donate as ‘stocks run low’
- The NHS is urging people in Birmingham and the West Midlands to donate blood as stocks are running low, especially for O negative, B negative, and Ro blood types.
- During the week of Christmas, demand for blood exceeded collections by almost 3,000 units, with O negative blood demand exceeding collections by over 900 units.
- Dr. Jo Farrar, Chief Executive at NHS Blood and Transplant, stated that each donation can save up to three lives and encouraged people to make giving blood their New Year's resolution.
- The NHS has almost 11,000 blood donor appointments available to fill before mid-January, and there is an ongoing need for donors of Black heritage for sickle cell patients.
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