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National Blood Service to Review Blood Donor Bans
The National Blood Service has announced plans to conduct a review of policies governing exclusion and deferral from blood donation.
Deborah Jack, Chief Executive of NAT comments:
“NAT were the first to call for a comprehensive review of the lifelong bans and we are pleased that the National Blood Service has acted swiftly to meet our concerns.
NAT is not convinced by the justification put forward for the current lifetime ban for men who have ever had sex with another man and anyone who has ever injected drugs or ever received payment in money or drugs for sex; particularly in the light of improved testing technologies. We welcome the National Blood Service’s decision to review these restrictions.”