National Blood Day: Number of donors in Rother at lowest point since 2016

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 8th Jun 2022, 13:10 BST
A donor carer's branded uniform at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed "mad cow disease" – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. PA Photo. The plasma will be fractionated and used to make antibody-based medicines, called immunoglobulins, for people with rare immune diseases. NHS Blood and Transplant will from today take donations at 14 donor centres around England for an initial three months. Thousands of patients rely on immunoglobulin medicines for short-term or lifelong diseases and genetic disorders. See PA story HEALTH Plasma. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA WireA donor carer's branded uniform at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed "mad cow disease" – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. PA Photo. The plasma will be fractionated and used to make antibody-based medicines, called immunoglobulins, for people with rare immune diseases. NHS Blood and Transplant will from today take donations at 14 donor centres around England for an initial three months. Thousands of patients rely on immunoglobulin medicines for short-term or lifelong diseases and genetic disorders. See PA story HEALTH Plasma. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
A donor carer's branded uniform at the Twickenham Donor Centre, south-west London, after a ban on the procedure was lifted in February. The ban was originally imposed in 1998 amid concerns about the spread of a human variant of BSE – dubbed "mad cow disease" – known as Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. Picture date: Wednesday April 7, 2021. PA Photo. The plasma will be fractionated and used to make antibody-based medicines, called immunoglobulins, for people with rare immune diseases. NHS Blood and Transplant will from today take donations at 14 donor centres around England for an initial three months. Thousands of patients rely on immunoglobulin medicines for short-term or lifelong diseases and genetic disorders. See PA story HEALTH Plasma. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
Rother's pool of blood donors fell to its lowest level since at least 2016 last year, new figures show, as the NHS pushes for more people to register ahead of World Blood Donor Day.

Rother's pool of blood donors fell to its lowest level since at least 2016 last year, new figures show, as the NHS pushes for more people to register ahead of World Blood Donor Day.

Each year the NHS’s Blood and Transplant division publishes figures on donations ahead of the annual event, which falls on June 14 and raises awareness of the need for safe blood around the globe.

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