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Northwest Nhsbt Blood Donor Campaign

EDM number 733 in 2012-13, proposed by Timothy Farron on 19/11/2012.
Categorised under the topic of Health services.

That this House supports the vital campaign launched by the NHS Blood and Transport service to find 10,000 new blood donors in Cumbria and the North West of England to meet current shortfalls in blood stocks in the region; recognises the particular need for young blood donors in the 17 to 24 age group which accounts for 40 per cent of the new need for donors; notes with concern the decline in the number of young people signing up to donate blood, which has gone down 20 per cent over the past decade; acknowledges that hospitals across England use 7,000 units of blood everyday and that each unit saves or improves the lives of up to three people; further acknowledges that over a lifetime some donors can help more than 500 people through their blood donations; welcomes the support of television soap Hollyoaks and fashion designer Wayne Hemingway in helping to raise the profile of the campaign; and calls on hon. Members and councils across the North West to promote the campaign and encourage lots of people, especially those in the 17 to 24 age group, to sign up and donate blood to ensure blood stocks are sufficient to support hospitals through the holiday period.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tim Farron19/11/2012Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley19/11/2012Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
John Pugh20/11/2012SouthportLiberal DemocratSeconded
Graham Brady20/11/2012Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSeconded
Jim Dobbin21/11/2012Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock21/11/2012Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Leech22/11/2012Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
George Galloway27/11/2012Bradford WestRespectSigned
John McDonnell28/11/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma29/11/2012Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
David Anderson04/03/2013BlaydonLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell12/03/2013Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned

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