Blood use falling in the UK.

rjbsec · #1 (**permalink**) 07-31-2006, 02:14 PM

"By the end of this year we expect the demand for blood to have fallen by about 20% compared to its peak, back in 2000. This is good news for the patient as it means blood is being used more appropriately. But it is bad news for the price of blood."

Comment is also made on the loss of blood donors, including a high number of previously regular donors; some 22% total decrease in the number of donors in the same period of time, causing requests to be made for more donations from individual donors.
In addition to the above, UK plasma is no longer acceptable for use due to the risk of vCJD, so plasma must be bought from the US, adding to the cost of processing and leading to financial losses for this part of the UK Blood & Transplant Service.

"NHS - Blood and Transplant" May 2006

Jan B. Wade · #2 (**permalink**) 07-31-2006, 02:43 PM

Can you hit edit and provide a link to this great reference?

Jan B. Wade · #3 (**permalink**) 07-31-2006, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JulieM

Saving and improving patientsâ€™ lives

BAD or BROKEN LINK

rjbsec · #4 (**permalink**) 07-31-2006, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jan B. Wade

Can you hit edit and provide a link to this great reference?

I will check and see if it's available on the Internet - I picked the brochure up at the National Blood Service where we did a presentation.

rjbsec · #5 (**permalink**) 07-31-2006, 03:41 PM

Google has cached the page, it's a bit out of sync but its there:-

Saving and improving patientsâ€™ lives

Scroll down - the comments are on page 3.

Jan B. Wade · #6 (**permalink**) 08-02-2006, 02:40 PM

virus? something happened like a virus.

jimclh · #7 (**permalink**) 08-08-2006, 11:23 PM

I cannot get the link to work either.

rjbsec · #8 (**permalink**) 08-09-2006, 06:37 AM

Try here and scroll down, the format is disjointed:-

Document

vfdivinof · #9 (**permalink**) 11-22-2006, 07:31 AM

the links okay on my end.

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