BREAKING: First-ever amber alert issued by NHS over blood supplies as they fall critically low
NHSBT said maintaining blood stocks has been a challenge after the pandemic, mainly due to staff shortages and sickness but also because people are less likely to visit collection centres in towns and cities.
The department will seek to tackle the issue by moving staff to the front line to open up appointments, speeding up recruitment to fill empty posts and using agency staff.Wendy Clark, interim chief executive of NHSBT, said:"Asking hospitals to limit their use of blood is not a step we take lightly. This is a vital measure to protect patients who need blood the most.
"Patients are our focus. I sincerely apologise to those patients who may see their surgery postponed because of this. "With the support of hospitals and the measures we are taking to scale up collection capacity, we hope to be able to build stocks back to a more sustainable footing. "We cannot do this without our amazing donors. If you are O positive or O negative in particular, please make an appointment to give blood as soon as you can. If you already have an appointment, please keep it."
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