Oak House
Reeds Crescent
Watford
WD24 4QN
Tel: 01923 366 7650
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www.nhsbt.nhs.uk
Our ref: MOC/ 345626
Dear Salmaan Dalvi
Re: Information request
Thank you for your request dated 30th April for information from NHS Blood and
Transplant (NHSBT) regarding cord blood.
I am writing to advise you that we are able to provide you with the following
information in response to your request.
The APPG on Stem cells set a target on Cord Blood collection with 140 TNc
and above untils to be collected between NHSBT and Anthony Nolan. There
was also to be 40% more BAME collections. The government allocated more
resources under Andrew Hadley and his team to increase cord blood
collections and transplants , Figures like Mr. Parkes were brought in to create
a major effect and lean processes and operational improvements were put into
place.
As a member of the ethnic minority and a tax payer, I would like to see there
was success to the allocated funds.The question is simple 1. How many cord blood units are held by the NHSBT WHICH ARE OF
CLINICAL GRADE? (140 Tnc and above)
The clinical grade inventory of cord blood units (defined as cords with a pre-
processing Total Nucleated Cell count of 140x107), within NHSBTs Cord Blood Bank,
is 17,285 units on the searchable Register with a further ~800 cords in the
processing pipeline that have passed initial evaluation and will be added to the
Register within 3 months.
2. How many of these are from the BAME Community and what is the
breakdown?
Of the 17,285 clinical units that are searchable, there are 6360 that can be defined as
BAME, representing 37% of the searchable inventory. The proportion of units added
annually from BAME donors has averaged at 41.25%, since the refresh of the
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) endorsed UK Stem Cell strategy in
2014. The breakdown of that inventory is illustrated in the following table:
Ethnicity
Count
Arab
150
Asian
2555
Black
770
Jewish
134
Mixed
2478
Oriental
96
Other
177
Total
6360
3. How many untis have been released since 2013 when the 300th unit was
released under the emminent leadership of Jesmina James and Linda
Hamlyn.
The NHS Cord Blood Bank has issued 682 cord blood units for transplant to date. At
the beginning of the 2013/2014 financial year, the NHS Cord Blood Bank had issued
420 cord blood units.
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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, Oak House, Reeds Crescent, Watford, WD24 4QN (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
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