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Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of blood donations.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
12 Feb 2026
Answer
20 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of blood donations.

  2. 12 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood services in England and is delivering initiatives to increase blood donations. These include:increasing awareness of donation through high-profile year-round campaigns including National Blood Week...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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