Kate Thomas: Plasma Donations Drive New Era of Life-Saving Medicines in the UK
Kate Thomas, Assistant Director of Communications at NHS Blood and Transplant, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“This time last year, NHS patients started receiving life saving medicines made from blood and plasma donated by UK donors.
Until then, we were reliant on imported medicines.
More than 3,000 NHS patients are now being treated and we have collected more than 750,000 litres of plasma to be made into life saving medicines.
We are now supplying 23 percent of what NHS patients need and we’ve got big plans to scale up, build resilience and become less dependent on imports.
This can only be achieved because people come forward to donate.
Our blood is 55 percent plasma. When you donate blood, we take away the plasma to make these medicines.
We also collect plasma separately in our Plasma Donor Centers in Twickenham, Birmingham and Reading.
Amazing stuff.
Please come and give blood or plasma.”
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