22 h. ago Londoners urged to give blood with help from a classic Jamaican dish

With urgent calls for more Black heritage blood donors - a new initiative hopes to get more Londoners donating, one patty at a time

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67 h. ago 'I only found out I had stage 2 cancer after donating my blood'

Laura now wants young people to be aware of the risks that cancer 'does not discriminate'

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4 d. ago 'I'm at your mercy': Woman needing transfusions pleads for more blood donors as stocks run 'critically low'

The NHS has issued an urgent call for one million people across England to donate blood and stabilise the nation’s supplies

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4 d. ago 'I'm at your mercy': Woman needing transfusions pleas for more blood donors as stocks 'critically low'

The NHS has issued an urgent call for one million people across England to donate blood and stabilise the nation’s supplies

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4 d. ago Are you able to donate blood? These are the common health conditions that could stop you from giving blood

More than 5,000 blood donations are needed every day 💉

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4 d. ago Can I donate blood and how do I do it? Urgent call for donors amid low stocks

There is also a ‘critical’ need for more donors who have the so-called universal blood type – O negative blood

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4 d. ago Blood donation: Who is eligible, how do I donate my blood and where can I do so in London?

Data shows supplies are “critically low”

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5 d. ago NHS urgent call for 1,000,000 blood donors as it faces first ever 'Red Alert'

Health officials have issued a call for donors to avoid a "red alert" and threat to public safety

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2 w. ago Urgent plea for London's 'missing' O negative donors as blood stocks run 'critically low'

O negative is the universal type that can be given safely given to anyone, making it a lifeline in emergencies

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2 w. ago Doctor issues urgent plea as sperm donor used to conceive 67 kids passes cancer

Around 23 of the children conceived between 2008 and 2015 have been found to carry a variant in the TP53 gene which provides instructions for making tumour proteins.

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3 w. ago UK days away from running out of blood as stocks plummet to critical level

Four bank holidays in close succession have hit NHS blood donations as people go on holiday

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3 w. ago UK days away from running out of blood as stocks plummet to critical levels

Four bank holidays in close succession have hit NHS blood donations as people go on holiday

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