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A question on sexual activity of partners in areas where HIV is widespread will be removed from the donor safety check form.
Men who have sex with men in a long-term relationship will be able to donate blood in England following changes to blood donation criteria.
Welsh language version of the Minister of State for Care's written ministerial statement on revised advice on variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) risk reduction measures for the UK.
Changes to rules on blood donation will maintain the safety of the blood supply while allowing more people to donate.
How the rules around blood donation will change for some groups of people, following a clinical study with recommendations.
The Government announces new proposals to streamline and de-medicalise the process for changing gender and launches a nationwide LGBT survey
A number of appointments and re-appointments have been made to the Department’s public bodies and committees.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
No evidence of any UK clinical cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) being linked to a blood transfusion given after 1999.
Six new members have been appointed to the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues, and Organs (SaBTO). SaBTO provides independent…
The April edition of the Medical Directors’ Bulletin brings together a large amount of news that affect medical directors along with news that…
The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) has today published a position statement on the provision of cytomegalovirus tested blood components, together with a more detailed report.
The advisory committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) completed a review of the evidence base for the blood donor selection criteria relating to sexual behaviour in May 2011.
The lifetime ban on blood donation by men who have had sex with men is to be lifted following an evidence based review.
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