Question follow-through · 2144
Blood: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the enhanced pre-donation testing process pilot on reducing the number of deferrals for low haemoglobin levels.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the enhanced pre-donation testing process pilot on reducing the number of deferrals for low haemoglobin levels.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2026
Answer published
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT tests donors’ haemoglobin (Hb) to ensure they are at sufficient levels to safely donate.NHSBT rolled out a second line of Hb testing, venous HemoCue, between April and Se...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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