NHS Blood and Transplant staff appeal for more young blood donors
A drive is taking place today on Teesside to encourage more young people to donate blood. The NHS Blood and Transplant service will be at Teesside University from noon to try and recruit more students to sign up.
It follows a drop in 17-24 year olds registering to give blood in recent years. The visit is part of a national campaign to recruit 100,000 new blood donors in 100 days. NHS Blood and Transplant needs more than 1,000 new registrations every day to replace those donors who can no longer donate.
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