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Blood: Donors

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 May 2025UIN 48518

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 45856 on Blood: Donors, how many and what proportion of the donors deferred due to low haemoglobin levels were of (a) African, (b) Caribbean, (c) mixed white and African heritage and (d) mixed white and Caribbean heritage in the last 12 months.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for blood donation in England. The following table shows the number and proportion of deferrals due to low haemoglobin levels by those of African, Caribbean, mixed white and African, and mixed white and Caribbean heritage, from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the latest data available:

Ethnicity

Number of deferrals due to low haemoglobin levels

Proportion of total deferrals due to low haemoglobin levels

Black- African

4023

2.37%

Black- Caribbean

2426

1.43%

Mixed white and black African

492

0.29%

Mixed white and black Caribbean

1314

0.78%

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