Blood Donation (Hansard, 24 April 1990)

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what current restrictions are in force in respect of people wishing to donate blood.

§ Mr. Freeman
Healthy people between the ages of 18 and 60 are generally accepted as donors and those who have been regular donors can continue to donate up to the age of 65.
Individuals at risk of AIDS or hepatitis B or any other disease transmissible by blood are excluded. Visitors to those parts of the world where certain diseases such as malaria are endemic are deferred for an appropriate period.

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by year for the past five years and by regional blood transfusion service, the number of blood donations given.

§ Mr. Freeman
The number of donations made in the regional blood transfusion centres for the past five years is given in the table:
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Mr" Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will show, by regional blood transfusion service, the frequency with which donors are requested to attend;
(2) if he will list by regional blood transfusion service the number of donors, by blood group, for the latest available date.

§ Mr. Freeman
This information is not held centrally.