NHS Blood and Transplant has made an urgent call for more blood and organ donors from the black community.
It says urgently needs 40,000 more people from black African, black Caribbean and mixed heritage backgrounds to come forward as blood donors, as they are more likely to have the Ro blood type which can help people with sickle cell.
Although the number of active blood donors has grown from 13,000 five years ago to 17,000 now, there is still an urgent shortage of donors to help black patients who need lifesaving or life enhancing blood transfusions and organ transplants, according to NHS Blood and Transplant.
Last year, 25 people from black backgrounds donated organs after they died – an increase from 17 five years e...
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NHS Blood and Transplant has made an urgent call for more blood and organ donors from the black community.
It says urgently needs 40,000 more people from black African, black Caribbean and mixed heritage backgrounds to come forwa...
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