When did you last give blood?

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Velociraptor Jun 2020 9:23am, 30 Jun 2020 47,390 posts	0 Velociraptor Impressed, ftrobbie If I was a bloke I could be on around 140 by now.
ftrobbie Jun 2020 9:45am, 30 Jun 2020 150 posts	0 ftrobbie From the NHS blood and transplant site "100th - Ceremony invitation (whole blood donors), ruby donor card, commemorative medal, badge and certificate" At 75 there was a ceremony etc, but I never went accepted the invite, it might have been a good gig. I've continued doing it because sick and injured people need blood. I am always reminded of the quote " If not me, who? If not now, when?" and the B&T slogan from years ago "Do something special - Give Blood". The other scary statistic is something like 80% of the UK population can give blood yet less than 3% do. Yes the irony is that we are part of the 3%. We used to have a NHS donation team arrive near work every month but the local council charged them too much for the use of a hall so they stopped coming.
SarahWoo Jun 2020 9:48am, 30 Jun 2020 11,691 posts	0 SarahWoo Is it really only 3%? That's awful. I must do my bit to encourage more people to give.
ftrobbie Jun 2020 9:54am, 30 Jun 2020 151 posts	0 ftrobbie Just came through on an email, there is a link to facebook but I never use it so don't know whether the image is better.
ftrobbie Jun 2020 9:57am, 30 Jun 2020 152 posts	0 ftrobbie anthonynolan.org 2016-17 data says 2.3%. NHS Wales believes its about 4% in Wales.
Velociraptor Jun 2020 9:58am, 30 Jun 2020 47,392 posts	0 Velociraptor I have a dismal strike rate for blood donation with my children. Two donations in total for four young adults with 24 potential donor-years between them. In each case there is a reason which, while valid, could be overcome if giving blood was something that mattered to them.
ftrobbie Jun 2020 10:09am, 30 Jun 2020 153 posts	0 ftrobbie Hey as a committed donor, I've missed a fair number of sessions in my life. Life gets in the way, "more important events", the faff of getting there and illness. But I do sometimes feel as though the NHS think they are doing me a favour rather than the other way around. But to me my donation is a 4 times a year event, to the donation team it's a 100 people a day. I am sure that 99.9% of the time they do try and make people feel special. I'll see what my 2 are like when they are old enough to give. We (wife and I) do try to encourage people at our respective places of employment but in reality you know when excuses are polite ways of saying "I'm never doing it". My wife missed 3 sessions due to people who "wanted" to give always finding a reason not to. She's gone back to just giving and as a A- it is important that she gives.
Little Nemo Jun 2020 10:11am, 30 Jun 2020 10,743 posts	0 Little Nemo 100 is amazing! Well done ftrobbie Mine on Friday will be my 6th or 7th so I've a way to go...
ftrobbie Jun 2020 10:18am, 30 Jun 2020 154 posts	0 ftrobbie LN, only another 30 years you'll get there
SarahWoo Jun 2020 11:14am, 30 Jun 2020 11,692 posts	0 SarahWoo You've done better with your offspring than I have with mine, V'rap. No donations at all between the 4 of them and they're 23, 25 and 26 now, with no reasons why they shouldn't.