PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Donors: Ethnic Groups (24 January 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS Blood and Transplant to encourage greater donations of blood, plasma, and bone marrow amongst ethnic minority communities.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

The Department and NHS Blood and Transplant have regular discussions on communication plans to promote donation in England, including those directed at ethnic minority communities. This includes a range of media, marketing activity, donor and patient case studies, partnerships and engagement with faith organisations.

NHS Blood and Transplant’s Community Investment Scheme invested £400,000 in 2020/21 to support 35 grassroot, community and faith-based organisations to raise awareness of organ, blood and stem cell donation. Since September 2021, the science relating to blood, organ and stem cell donation forms part of the secondary school curriculum in England, aimed at promoting awareness in young people.

Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
1 February 2022