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Blood stocks; A balancing act
Not all blood types can be given to all patients and we must keep 6 days stocks of all 8 blood groups, but how do we do it? Let's share with you the balancing act that is blood stocks!
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FAIR: New donor eligibility questions
From June 14 onwards, the questions we ask before you give blood will change. Find out how and why.
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100 donations... from multiple David Rundells
When Gemma's father David Rundell found out he could no longer give blood, he was disappointed to fall short of a personal target of 100 donations. However, Gemma came up with a cunning plan to make David's wish come true.
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Donor Douglas achieves milestone donation.
‘I feel really humbled having been able to have donated so often. Once you start, it just becomes a way of life’.
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FAIR Report: Blood donor criteria to be updated
Changes to the questions asked of blood donors will ensure more gay and bisexual men are able to donate blood in the future.
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Knit a blood group heart
We're getting cosy this Christmas by knitting blood group hearts for our trees.
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New Mum Marie thanks blood donors
This Christmas, Marie wants to thank the blood donors who helped her survive the traumatic birth of her first child - in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A Christmas thank you from Kevin
Inverness resident Kevin Lowe had a kidney transplant in 2007. However, when his body started to reject it seven years later he needed blood transfusions to keep him alive until he could receive a new second kidney.
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Thank you from Katie and Rico
Born prematurely and then diagnosed with stage 4 chronic kidney disease, Rico had his first blood transfusion at six weeks old, and has needed them at regular intervals ever since.
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Blood donations and chemotherapy - Pam's story
In 2010, Pam Canning, 53 from Edinburgh was diagnosed with breast cancer. Without blood donors, she doesn't think she could have made it through her treatment.