Written question asked by Mark Tami (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 December 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 4 December 2015. It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 December 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Bone Marrow and Stem Cells: Donors
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of recent progress in increasing the (a) number of people on and (b) quality of the stem cell and bone marrow registers; and if he will make a statement.
- Answer
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The total number of registered donors on the Anthony Nolan and NHS Stem Cell Registry continues to expand. In 2010 the total number of registered United Kingdom donors was 770,000 but by the end of 2014 was in excess of one million. Investment by the Department has supported our delivery partners NHS Blood and Transplant and the charity Anthony Nolan to recruit a cohort of young male donors that are approximately six times more likely to be able to donate. Over 19,000 additional donors are planned to be recruited in the current financial year.
Quality is a key issue for the clinical usefulness of cord blood samples. The collection of cord blood is arranged to maximise the proportion of samples with the highest quality. The number of banked cord samples of clinical grade continues to increase with in excess of 15,000 now banked.
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- 18584
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- 2015-16
- Subjects
- Donors Stem cells Bone marrow disorders
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