All you need to know
about Donating blood
How you can do your part
Giving blood is one of the many ways that you can do your bit for the people around you. There's always a need for blood donations, in order to meet the demands across the country. 200,000 new donors are needed each year with 6,000 blood donations needed every day. But what do your donations actually do? Donating blood helps to save lives and is needed desparately by..
- Women with complications of pregnancy, such as ectopic pregnancies and haemorrhage before, during or after childbirth.
- Children with severe anaemia often resulting from malaria or malnutrition.
- People with severe trauma following man-made and natural disasters
- Many complex medical and surgical procedures and cancer patients.
There is a constant need for regular blood supply because blood can be stored for only a limited time before use. Regular blood donations by a sufficient number of healthy people are needed to ensure that safe blood will be available whenever and wherever it is needed.
Go here to apply for an organ donation card
https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/
Here's some information about donating blood, go here for more details
https://www.blood.co.uk/
By Joel Bates