NHS urging people with three blood types to donate as ‘stocks run low’

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

The NHS has urged people in England to give blood as figures show blood stocks are running low after high demand during the festive period.

Hospital demand for blood exceeded collections by almost 3,000 units between 24th December 2024 to 1st January 2025. During the same Christmas week, demand for the vital O negative blood, which can be given to anyone safely in an emergency, exceeded collections by over 900 units.

Blood is used by the NHS to treat patients with cancer, blood disorders, or undergoing surgery. Emergency care mostly requires O negative blood.

Donations from pleople with O negative blood are urgently needed in the coming weeks. There has also been a call for people with B negative and Ro blood types to give blood.