Can you give blood this August?

The NHS needs you this summer! As life begins to return to normal, the NHS needs O positive, O negative and B negative donors to come forward and continue providing patients with life-saving treatment.

Please make an appointment and keep it if you can. If you need to rearrange, please give 3 day’s notice so they will have time to fill your appointment.

They really need:

–              Nearly 400 new donors a day to meet demand

–              Around 135,000 new donors a year to replace those who can no longer donate

–              40,000 more black donors to meet growing demand for better-matched blood

–              30,000 new donors with priority blood types such as O negative every year

–              More young people to start giving blood so we can make sure we have enough blood in the future

It takes around 15 minutes to donate a pint of blood, with the whole appointment likely to be between 45 minutes to an hour. In donating a pint of blood you can help to save and improve the lives of up to 3 adults or 6 children.

To book an appointment, please visit www.blood.co.uk