US EditionOne million blood donors needed to meet demand and avoid 'red alert' shortage, NHS warns
- In July 2024, the NHS declared an amber alert due to a cyber attack that disrupted hospital services in London, leading to critically low blood supplies.
- This shortage resulted from a perfect storm of increased demand following the attack and unfilled donor appointments despite a rise in registrations last year.
- NHS Blood and Transplant reported just under 800,000 people donated blood in the past year, but only 24 percent of registered donors actually gave blood.
- Dr Jo Farrar, chief executive of NHSBT, stated that having a million committed donors would greatly improve blood supply levels, making each donor quite exceptional.
- Officials warn the NHS needs 200,000 more regular donors, especially those with universal O negative and black-specific blood types, to avoid a red alert threatening public safety.
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Calls for one MILLION more blood donors as stocks drop dangerously low after reserves struggled ...
The NHS needs one million more blood donors following the cyber attack that crippled it's supply, officials have said. Low blood stocks prompted officials to issue an 'amber alert' over supply for hospitals last year and NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said that more must be done to avoid a 'red alert', which means that blood supply is so low that there is a threat to public safety. Officials described the last year as 'challenging' for blood s…
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