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Blood Donors

Volume 508: debated on Thursday 25 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much blood was donated in each London borough in each year since 2000. (323793)

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following table, based on numbers of donations in each of the four main London areas.

Blood collected in London1 and the south-east since 2000-01

2009-102

2008-09

2007-08

2006-07

2005-06

2004-05

2003-04

2002-03

2001-02

2000-01

Total

London North and West

54,289

55,049

51,782

52,654

61,919

62,048

67,286

61,853

55,820

51,785

574,485

City and Essex

37,421

40,420

39,414

41,912

48,489

52,723

55,102

50,368

47,231

41,211

454,291

London South West and Surrey

58,930

61,719

63,215

63,805

65,382

68,805

71,929

66,236

59,843

54,865

634,729

London South East and North Kent

53,738

56,099

58,751

60,402

64,121

70,673

73,523

68,531

64,051

58,970

628,859

Total

204,378

213,287

213,162

218,773

239,911

254,249

267,840

246,988

226,945

206,831

229,2364

1 Data are not collated centrally on the number of blood donations collected by London boroughs.

2 Figures given until 21 March 2010.

Source:

NHS Blood and Transplant

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much donated blood was used in each London (a) hospital and (b) borough in each year since 2000; (323794)

(2) how much donated blood each London (a) hospital and (b) borough had in reserve in each year since 2000;

(3) how much donated blood each London (a) hospital and (b) borough could not be used for each reason in each year since 2000.

The information is not available in the format requested. However, as soon as the available information can be produced, a copy will be placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much his Department has spent on advertising to encourage people to donate blood in each London borough in each year since 2000; (323797)

(2) how much his Department plans to spend on advertising to encourage people to donate blood in each London borough in the next five years.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd (Chris Ruane) on 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 467W (for years 2001-02 and 2008-09).

Information on funds spent on marketing activities by the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) are held for England and North Wales only and cannot be broken down by local area. NHSBT's combined budget in 2009-10 for marketing activities for blood and organ donation is £19,990,933 million1. The provisional total budget for 2010-11 is £16,626,941. Figures for planned advertising for 2011-12 and beyond are not yet available.

1 The extra costs for 2009-10 were due to increased advertising needed to increase blood stock levels to 65,000 in anticipation of the flu pandemic, together with additional advertising to raise awareness of organ donation and increase the number of registrations on the organ donor register.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate has been made of the quantity of blood (a) needed and (b) likely to be donated in each London (i) hospital and (ii) borough in each of the next five years. (323798)

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

Distribution of donated blood across England and North Wales is co-ordinated nationally. In 2009-10, the estimated requirement for red cells across England and North Wales is 1,878,000 units, increasing to 1,896,000 units in 2010-11. The NHS Blood and Transplant’s (NHSBT) planning assumptions for the next three years anticipate 1 per cent. in need.

The number of donations the National Blood Service (part of the NHSBT) is aiming to collect in London and the South East in 2009-10 and 2010-11 is shown as follows. Data for likely donations beyond 2010-11 are not yet available.

Area1

Target 2009-10

Target 2010-11

London North and West

55,376

67,339

City and Essex

40,615

39,050

London South East and North Kent

55,346

55,627

London South West and Surrey

63,544

60,714

Total

214,881

222,730

1 Data are not collated centrally on the number of blood donations likely to be needed nor collected in each London hospital or borough. Available data are shown by London area.