Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide information on (a) blood, (b) stem cell and (c) organ donation to enable young people to make informed choices on being a donor.

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for promoting blood, organ and stem cell donation and carries out a wide range of social marketing activity relating to donation with information aimed at different target audiences.

In particular, NHSBT has produced a range of free teaching resources to educate and engage students about organ and tissue donation. These have been co-created with teachers, educators, clinicians and lessons are specifically tailored to students aged between 11 and 16 (Key Stage 3 and 4).

NHSBT collaborates with Anthony Nolan and the Adrian Sudbury Schools Education Trust who both provide education programmes that teach 16–18-year-olds about the importance of donating stem cells, blood and organs.