The NHS will soon ask all donors about recent seuxal behaviours, meaning more LGBT+ people will be eligible to donate blood, plasma and platelet. (Envato Elements)
The NHS will make the questions it asks of all blood donors gender-neutral from next month, allowing more gay and bisexual men to donate blood.
The change, which will come into effect on 14 June, will allow more people from LGBT+ communities to be able to donate, the service said. Under previous NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) guidelines, male donors were asked to disclose whether they have had sex with another man.
The new Donation Safety Check form will ask all donors, regardless of gender, the same questions about their recent sexual behaviour. The NHSBT said the change will mean that eligibility to donate will be based on a more individualised assessment rather than on a risk assigned to a group or population.
Blood donors will be asked gender-neutral questions for the first time from June (Jonathan Brady/PA)
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Questions asked of blood donors are to change from next month in a bid to make the process more inclusive.
Anyone wishing to donate blood, plasma and platelets will be asked the same sexual behaviour questions, regardless of their gender.
The change, which will take effect from June 14, will mean more people from LGBT+ communities will be eligible to donate, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said.
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