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Landmark change to blood donation criteria
Men who have sex with men in a long-term relationship will be able to donate blood in England following changes to blood donation criteria.
From:
14 December 2020
New criteria focuses on individual behaviours, and lifts a blanket deferral for men who have had sex with men in the last 3 months
Policy is based on findings from the ‘
FAIR’ report
Changes will have no impact on the safety of blood donated in the UK
Men who have sex with men in a long-term relationship will be able to donate blood in England following changes to blood donation criteria announced by Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock today. The move, which will also be implemented in each of the devolved administrations, sees the UK become one of the first countries in the world to adopt a more individualised risk-based approach to donor selection criteria.
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The UK Partially Rolled Back Its Homophobic Blood Ban on Gay, Bi Men
The change is the result of the way the National Health Service conducts risk assessment. December 14 2020 11:09 AM EST
In a landmark decision, the National Health Service of the United Kingdom announced it is loosening restrictions on gay and bisexual men donating blood. Using the recommendations of the FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualized Risk) steering group, the NHS will now conduct assessments based on an individual questionnaires, rather than using broader population-based assumptions. The change means neb who are sexually active with the same male partner for the prior three months can now be considered for donation. Previously, only men who had abstained from sexual relations with others for three months could donate blood.
More Gay and Bisexual Men Can Give Blood After U.K. Rule Change
On 12/14/20 at 10:46 AM EST
Blood donation rules that apply to gay and bisexual men are changing in the U.K. in a step campaigners have called a milestone day for equality .
All blood donors who have had one sexual partner and who have been with their sexual partner for more than three months will now be eligible to donate regardless of their gender, the gender of their partner or the type of sex they have. Under previous rules, all men who have sex with men had to abstain from sex for three months in order to donate due to the risk of HIV. The policy has long been seen to generalize and discriminate against gay and bisexual men.