AQW 4117/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the volume of blood donated in each of the last five years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 5 October 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 5 October 2022
- Answer due by
- 20 October 2022
- Answered
- 12 October 20227 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
As the data requested is not held centrally within my Department, the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service (NIBTS) was asked for input and their data is provided in the table below.
Units of whole blood donated to the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service from 2017/18 to 2021/22
| Donation | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
| Whole Blood | 43,207 | 43,319 | 40,253 | 36,764 | 40,067 |
Source: Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service.
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