GPs key to saving 73,000 bags of discarded blood The RACGP has backed a campaign urging haemochromatosis patients to donate their blood, after research found many are unaware of the option.
More people now able to donate plasma TGA approves ‘plasma pathway’, which is expected to see an increase of 14,000 donations per year and allows MSM to donate.
Potential blood donation changes for MSM A shift to indivdual risk assessments has been floated, as has allowing men who have sex with men to donate plasma.
Donor numbers are up – but waitlists still exist More donors and better techniques have helped, but people are still dying as they wait for an organ transplant.
Talking about organ donation in general practice Dr Chris Hogan spoke to newsGP about initiating what can be a delicate conversation.