Public responds to NHS amber alert over donor blood stocks

Public responds to NHS amber alert over donor blood stocks The blood-donation service has been inundated with offers of help after putting out an alert, on Wednesday, warning NHS stocks were running critically low in England.

More than 10,000 appointments to donate blood over the next few weeks have been booked in the past 24 hours.

People can check how and where to donate, at blood.co.uk, but should be prepared for online queues, NHS Blood and Transplant says. BBC News

See also:

• How the NHS's dire blood shortage was sparked by cancelling walk-ins six years ago The Daily Mail