Blood: Donors
(asked on 16th July 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Whether he will provide the monthly breakdown of blood donation appointments attended between a) 1st June 2024 - 31st May 2025 and b) 1 June 2025–31 May 2026.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for collecting blood donations across England to fulfil hospital requests to meet patient need.
The following table shows the number of attendances at whole blood donation sessions, regardless of donation outcome, between 1 June 2024 and 31 May 2025:
Month | Total attendances |
June 2024 | 142,967 |
July 2024 | 154,749 |
August 2024 | 156,863 |
September 2024 | 140,093 |
October 2024 | 148,950 |
November 2024 | 137,724 |
December 2024 | 134,515 |
January 2025 | 152,258 |
February 2025 | 133,300 |
March 2025 | 141,143 |
April 2025 | 142,141 |
May 2025 | 145,042 |
Total | 1,729,745 |
In addition, the following table shows the number of attendances at whole blood donation sessions, regardless of donation outcome, between 1 June 2025 and 31 May 2026:
Month | Total attendances |
June 2025 | 152,292 |
July 2025 | 155,907 |
August 2025 | 138,782 |
September 2025 | 138,394 |
October 2025 | 144,710 |
November 2025 | 132,211 |
December 2025 | 140,490 |
January 2026 | 137,741 |
February 2026 | 124,913 |
March 2026 | 135,155 |
April 2026 | 139,376 |
May 2026 | 132,772 |
Total | 1,672,743 |
Source: NHSBT Deferrals Dashboard, extracted 20 July 2026.
It is the intention of NHSBT to start publishing relevant data in this area on a more regular basis in future as part of its official statistical publications.