Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to create a unified stem cell donor recruitment policy across Anthony Nolan, NHS British Bone Marrow Registry, DKMS and Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry, to (a) improve clarity for donors and (b) create an aligned UK stem cell register.
The Department’s stem cell programme supported the development of the United Kingdom’s aligned stem cell registry. All donors in the UK recruited by DKMS, Anthony Nolan, the Welsh Blood Service and NHS Blood and Transplant are accessed by the UK aligned registry. The Department’s Stem Cell Strategic Forum’s report due in early 2022 will address the future of UK stem cell supply.