Question follow-through · 45857

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the most common reasons for cancelled NHS blood donation appointments in the last 12 months.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 17 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 24 Apr 2025
Answer: 24 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline

17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the most common reasons for cancelled NHS blood donation appointments in the last 12 months.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Apr 2025
Answer published
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England.NHSBT does not collect the reasons for short notice, within two days of the appointment, or advanced, further ahead, cancellations either by the donor or by NHSBT. Cancellations...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Bone Marrow: Donors

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