§ Sir R. Gowerasked the Minister of Health what use has been made hitherto of the accumulated supplies of transfusion blood; and whether the existing quantities are regarded as adequate?
§ Mr. E. BrownConsiderable numbers of blood transfusions, for which both blood and plasma are required, have been given in dealing with air raid casualties and Service patients, and increasing use is being made of transfusion therapy in hospital practice generally. I am advised that the existing donor panels and their associated blood stores, together with the plasma produced at the processing centres, should provide adequate resources for casualties on a considerably larger scale than was experienced last autumn and winter.