Supply vs demand of UK blood supply

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Casey Bond
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Dear NHS Blood and Transplant,

For the last year (October 2016 to September 2017) can you please supply figures of the number of blood units donated in the UK? Do you also have information on the number of blood units that that were required - i.e. was there a shortfall in blood supply?

Would it be possible to break the information down into months to identify if a particular month had a shortfall?

Are there any areas in the UK that have suffered a shortfall of blood supplies in the last year?

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Casey Bond.

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Acknowledgement : Information request

 

Dear Casey Bond

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

I acknowledge your request to access information from NHS Blood and
Transplant (NHSBT) and am presently dealing with your request under the
terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   We aim to reply within 20
working days.

 

NHSBT is responsible for blood donation in England.  If you require
information from the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish blood services you
will need to contact them direct.

   

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Yours sincerely

 

 

Wayne Lawley

Head of Corporate Communications

 

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Dear Casey Bond

 

Re: Information request

 

Thank you for your request dated 5th October 2017 for information from NHS
Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) regarding blood donation.

 

Please find attached our response.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Wayne Lawley

Head of Corporate Communications

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Organ donation. The gift of life.
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