Charcot Road
Colindale
NW9 5BG
Tel: 01923 366 7643
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
www.nhsbt.nhs.uk
Our ref: MOC/ 400676
Dear Perry Icso
Re: Information request
Thank you for your request dated 29th July 2020 for information from NHS Blood and
Transplant (NHSBT) regarding blood donation.
I am writing to advise you that we are able to provide you with the following
information in response to your request.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a Special Health Authority reporting to the
Department of Health and Social Care. Its remit includes the provision of a reliable,
efficient supply of blood and associated services to the NHS in England. It is also the
organ donor organisation for the whole of the UK and is responsible for matching and
allocating donated organs.
If you require information from the Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish Blood Services
you will need to contact them direct.
For donations of whole blood that occurred in 2019, please tell me the average
distance between the session and the donor's home address.
Donors travelled on average (mean) 4.5 miles to donate in 2019 from the address
provided (this is usually home address).
We have looked at all whole blood donors who made a donation in 2019 calendar
year and took the average of the miles travelled. Distance travelled is calculated as a
direct distance ("as the crow flies").
I hope this is helpful in addressing your questions. Please quote the reference
number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely
Wayne Lawley
Head of Corporate Communications
E-mail: xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request a review of our decision, you should write to: Customer Services Operations
Manager, NHS Blood and Transplant, Charcot Road, Colindale, NW9 5BG (Email:
xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx).
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted
the complaints procedure provided by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.