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How can knowing a donor's ethnicity help treat patients?
From April 2022 onwards we’ll be asking about your ethnicity to help match blood profiles to patients more effectively. This can help improve how quickly and efficiently patients from black and minority ethnic backgrounds (who may have rarer blood types) can be treated.
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Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) core testing
The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service has begun testing to find out whether donors have had Hepatitis B in the past. We expect that only a small number of donors will have had previous Hepatitis B infection. However, these donors will no longer be able to donate.
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Position statement: Ukraine
Thank you for your concern for those affected by the current situation in Ukraine.
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Moray donor William reaches 250 donations
Elgin blood donor William McCook began donating when he was just nineteen – and at 72 has reached the grand total of 250 donations.
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Cabinet Secretary Humza Yousaf visits Dundee Donor Centre
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Humza Yousaf, showed support for patients, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) and NHS Scotland today by giving blood at Dundee Blood Donor Centre.
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Another way to share the love this Valentine’s Day
Mum of two Jenifer Gray thanks blood donors who saved her life after having a major haemorrhage on Valentine’s Day.
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Aberdeen Blood Donor Centre remains open through building work
Due to the new site preparations for the Baird Family Hospital and new ANCHOR Centre, there will be a number of disruptions around Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - however, Aberdeen Blood Donor Centre will remain open.
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Dundee Donor Centre: Change in opening hours
Donation times are changing at Dundee Donor Centre as we introduce another day to give blood.
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Glasgow donor David reaches amazing 700 donations
David Walker remembers walking into the Glasgow Donor Centre for the first time. ‘It was my 18th birthday. I wanted to do something special to mark the day. I’d recently watched a television comedy sketch about giving blood, and thought, "I could do that."
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Home in time for Christmas - Freya's story
After ten blood transfusions in two months, six-year old Freya finally made it home for her family Christmas in 2020.