NHS, Londralıları kan vermeye çağırıyor: Hayat kurtarmaya yardımcı olun!

8 Ocak 2025

İngiltere şu anda İngiltere düşük kan stokları nedeniyle, Amber alarmında. NHS, Londralıları zorlu Noel döneminin ardından, kan vermeye ve hayat kurtarmaya yardımcı olmaya çağırıyor.

• Önümüzdeki haftalar için yeterli kan sağlamak üzere randevuların doldurulmasına yardımcı olmaları için halka çağrı
• O negatif ve B negatif donörlerin öne çıkması için özel ihtiyaç
• Önümüzdeki altı hafta içinde Londra Donör Merkezlerinde 26.000 randevu doldurulacak

Önümüzdeki haftalarda özellikle O negatif, B negatif ve Ro kan gruplarına sahip kişilere ihtiyaç duyuluyor. Etnik olarak uyumlu kana ihtiyaç duyan orak hücreli hastalara yardımcı olmak için daha fazla Siyah kökenli bağışçıya ihtiyaç bulunuyor. Bağışçılardan, henüz bir randevuları yoksa bağış yapmak için randevu almaları isteniyor. Donör olarak kayıt yaptırmış ancak henüz kan vermek için randevu almamış kişiler de bir sonraki adımı atmaya ve önümüzdeki iki hafta boyunca ulusal çapta toplam 11.000 randevusu bulunan daimi donör merkezlerinden birinde ilk bağışlarını yapmaya teşvik ediliyor. Kan gruplarını bilmeyen ilk bağışçılar, ilk başarılı bağışlarından sonra kan gruplarını öğrenecek.

Brixton, Edgware, Stratford, Shepherds Bush, Tooting, West End ve Twickenham’da bulunan yedi Londra Donör Merkezinde önümüzdeki altı hafta boyunca toplamda yaklaşık 26.000 randevu bulunuyor.

Randevu almak için www.blood.co.uk adresini ziyaret edebilirs, GiveBlood uygulamasını kullanabilir veya 0300 123 23 23 numaralı telefonu arayabilirsiniz.

 

NHS urges people in London to give blood and help save lives this year after challenging festive period

 

• Call for public to help fill appointments to ensure enough blood for coming weeks
• Particular need for O negative and B negative donors to come forward
• 26,000 appointments to fill in London Donor Centres over next six weeks

The NHS in England is urging people in London to make saving lives one of their New Year’s resolutions this year by giving blood as national figures released today reveal that over the Christmas week demand for blood from hospitals exceeded collections by almost 3,000 units.*

During the same period, demand for the vital O negative blood used to save lives in emergencies exceeded collections by over 900 units.**

The festive period is always a challenge for blood stocks as cold weather, seasonal illnesses and busier diaries lead to more unfilled and missed appointments, while demand from hospitals can rise. Christmas Day and New Year’s Day are the only days of the year that blood isn’t collected.

Currently England remains in Amber alert for low blood stocks. While community venues are well booked, there is good availability at the 27 town and city donor centres over the coming weeks and months. The seven London Donor Centres in Brixton, Edgware, Stratford,  Shepherds Bush, Tooting, West End and Twickenham have a combined total of almost 26,000 appointments still available over the next six weeks.***

Donors are being asked to make an appointment to donate if they don’t already have one. People who have registered as a donor but not yet made an appointment to give blood are also encouraged to take that next step and make their first donation at one of the permanent donor centres, which have a combined 11,000 appointments available nationally over the next two weeks.

People with O negative, B negative and Ro blood types are particularly needed in the coming weeks. There is an ongoing need for more donors of Black heritage to help patients with sickle cell who need ethnically matched blood.

First time donors who don’t know their blood type will find out after their first successful donation.

Dr Jo Farrar, chief executive at NHS Blood and Transplant, says:  

 “New Year is a time when lots of people make resolutions. Make giving blood your resolution for 2025 and you will save up to three lives every time you donate.

“The NHS needs life-saving blood all year round, so we are asking people to help us maintain the lifesaving supply of blood to hospitals this year by booking an appointment now.

“Between now and the middle of January we still have almost 11,000 appointments that we need to fill.

“Giving blood is quick and easy – the whole process takes just one hour. Book an appointment today and save lives this year.”

 

Minister for Patient Safety, Baroness Merron said:

“The NHS is in urgent need of blood and registering to donate is a simple yet powerful way to save lives.

“We are grateful to everyone who has donated so far but we know more needs to be done.

“This New Year, make it your resolution to give blood to help protect and support our NHS over winter.”  

The 27 town and city donor centres have greater appointment availability than community venues. NHS Blood and Transplant especially needs donors to fill slots at donor centres during the quieter weekday morning and afternoon sessions.

Blood is constantly needed to help the NHS treat patients with cancer, blood disorders and those suffering medical trauma or undergoing surgery, and O negative blood is mostly used for emergency care. Each donation can save or improve up to three lives.

To book an appointment visit www.blood.co.uk, use the GiveBlood app or call 0300 123 23 23. 

Notes

*23,736 units of blood collected from 24^th December 2024 – 1^st January 2025. 26,737 units issued within the same period.

**3162 units of O neg collected and 4078 units issued within same period.

***25,724 appointments in London donor centres 

About Amber alert

NHSBT issued an Amber Alert in July, which remains in place, due to a severe shortage of O negative blood triggered by the cyber-attack on London hospitals earlier this year. The attack meant major London hospitals couldn’t cross match blood so the hospitals could only use O negative.

An Amber Alert is an important part of the NHS’s business continuity plan for blood stocks. It triggers hospitals being able to:

• implement their emergency measures to minimise usage;
• move staff to laboratories to vet the use of all O type blood; and

use patient blood managements systems to minimise use of O type blood.

About NHS Blood and Transplant

• NHS Blood and Transplant is a joint England and Wales Special Health Authority. We provide the blood donation service for England and the organ donation service for the UK. We also provide donated tissues, stem cells and cord blood. We are an essential part of the NHS, saving and improving lives through public donation.
• It is quick and easy to book an appointment to give blood. Call 0300 123 23 23 or visit www.blood.co.uk
• NHSBT has 27 permanent donor centres in London (Brixton, Tooting, Edgware, West End, Shepherd’s Bush, Stratford and Twickenham) Manchester (Plymouth Grove and Norfolk House), Cambridge, Luton, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leicester, Bradford, Leeds, Newcastle, Lancaster, Liverpool, Stoke, Birmingham, Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford, Southampton, Poole and Plymouth. Our mobile teams also collect blood at community venues such as church halls around the country.
• NHS Blood and Transplant needs to collect 1.45 million units of blood each year to meet the needs of patients across England.