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The UK blood services (which includes the Welsh Blood Service), Public Health England, Nottingham University and a range of stakeholders including LGBT+ groups are working together in the FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised Risk) steering group. The aim of the FAIR steering group is to explore if a more individualised risk assessment approach to … Continue reading Blood donor selection policy: the work of the FAIR steering group

The Government’s Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) has recommended that it is appropriate to withdraw two specific variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) control measures on plasma and platelets. The Department of Health and Social Care has accepted the committee’s recommendation and the Welsh Government has asked the Welsh Blood Service to … Continue reading Revised Advice on variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) Risk Reduction Measures for the UK

A SWANSEA woman who is one of Wales’ longest serving blood donors is calling on local  residents to start giving blood, after celebrating her 100th blood donation. Marian Williams, a 62 year-old from Killay, has seen how life changing a donation can be when her father started received regular blood transfusions after being diagnosed with … Continue reading One of Swansea’s longest serving lifesavers calls on locals to give blood as she strives towards reaching 150 blood donations!

One of Carmarthen’s longest serving blood donors is calling on locals to start giving blood after being recognised by the Welsh Blood Service for making 100 donations. Gwyn Jones, a 70 year-old from White Mill, has been donating for over 50 years, making his first donation back in the 1960s. As each donation can save … Continue reading Local lifesaver likens reaching blood donation milestone to “receiving a cap for Wales” and calls on new donors to step forward

To mark 100 years of the Royal Welsh Show, the Welsh Blood Service is aiming for 100 visitors to discover their blood type and then book a lifesaving donation at their local clinic. Alongside the commemorative celebrations at the showground in Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, visitors at this year’s Royal Welsh Show are encouraged to try … Continue reading Find out your likely blood type at the 100th Royal Welsh Show with the Welsh Blood Service

Four of Wales’ longest serving blood donors have come together for World Blood Donor Day (June 14) to encourage more young donors to start giving blood. Donors Mark Iliffe, John Dennis, Selwyn Roberts and Anne Mann were recently recognised by the Welsh Blood Service for reaching the milestone of 100 blood donations, a milestone which … Continue reading Four of Wales’ longest serving lifesavers unite to call on young donors to step forward

Recognised in the weekend’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list; Cath O’Brien will be awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the Welsh Blood Service and the adoption of Cell and Gene Therapy in Wales. A pharmacist by profession, Cath joined the WBS in 2013 and has led the organisation … Continue reading Cath O’Brien to be awarded MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

Local residents recently took a detour from the supermarket aisles to the donation chair as they rolled up their sleeves to give blood at a Welsh Blood Service donation session at Tesco Penarth on Terra Nova Way. Shoppers, staff and local residents were among the 64 people that attended to give blood, including 11 donors … Continue reading Penarth shoppers unite to potentially save almost 200 lives

The Welsh Blood Service gave a special ‘thank you’ to 84 milestone donors at an awards ceremony in Swansea. Those in attendance were recognised for their continued commitment to saving lives in Wales. The Welsh Blood Service event was attended by 77 whole blood, one platelet and six bone marrow donors from Swansea, the Gower … Continue reading Swansea donors celebrated for saving up to 13,000 lives thanks to giving blood, platelets and bone marrow

More than 100 student sportsmen and women recently rolled up their sleeves to donate at a specially arranged clinic for sports clubs at Cardiff University.  The special ‘sports clubs’ clinic, hosted at Cathays Community Centre, was arranged at the request of Cardiff University Men’s Rugby Club, who committed to filling over 100 appointments by rallying … Continue reading University Sports teams unite to potentially save up to 300 lives

As part of its campaign to encourage new blood donors, the Welsh Blood Service visited the home of the Cardiff Devils as they faced-off against MK Lightning to help fans discover their blood type. The ‘What’s My Type?’ campaign uses a small pinprick of blood to identify the potential blood type within minutes. The 100,000 … Continue reading Devils fans urged to roll up their sleeves and take a shot at giving blood this Christmas

More than eighty milestone donors have been celebrated over the last few weeks for their commitment to the Welsh Blood Service, with a selection of guests reaching their 100th donation milestone after decades of giving blood. Two awards ceremonies have recently been held at the Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells, with local blood donors celebrated for … Continue reading Donors in Llandrindod Wells celebrate saving over 13,000 lives with the Welsh Blood Service

A Cardiff man is thanking blood donors across Wales for helping patients in need just like himself, following World Blood Cancer Day earlier this week on Monday 28th May 2018. Tony Davies, 80, from Old St. Mellon’s, receives regular blood transfusions at the University Hospital of Wales for Leukaemia, one of the most common forms … Continue reading Blood cancer patients thanks donors this World Blood Cancer Day

The Welsh Blood Service have been encouraging young people aged 17 and over to start giving blood by finding out their blood type at the Urdd Eisteddfod from Monday 28th May – Friday 1st June 2018. The national campaign, titled ‘What’s My Type?’, involves a simple process using one small pinprick of blood to reveal … Continue reading Urdd Eisteddfod visitors encouraged to start their lifesaving journey by discovering their blood type