Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many units of blood were collected by NHS Blood and Transplant England in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.
The table below sets out the number of units of blood collected by NHS Blood and Transplant in each of the last 12 months.
Month - Year | Whole Blood Collections |
December-2016 | 133,532 |
January-2017 | 135,974 |
February-2017 | 121,463 |
March-2017 | 139,373 |
April-2017 | 122,844 |
May-2017 | 135,769 |
June-2017 | 135,615 |
July-2017 | 123,527 |
August-2017 | 126,362 |
September-2017 | 122,295 |
October-2017 | 130,586 |
November-2017 | 129,858 |
Source: NHS Blood and Transplant
The table below sets out the total marketing spend on raising blood donation awareness during 2010/11 and 2011/12.
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
Total spend | 11,292,657 | 10,858,466 |
Source: NHS Blood and Transplant