Stem Cells: Donors
(asked on 2nd May 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on taking steps to improve the transportation of donor stem cells.
This question was answered on 9th May 2025
No such discussions have taken place. The UK Aligned Stem Cell Registry has robust contingency measures in place to address travel disruptions and costs incurred by voluntary and contracted couriers who transport donor stem cells to patient transplant centres.