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P-05-995 Freedom to Donate Blood
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Meeting: 15/12/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
- Webcast for 15/12/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
- Transcript for 15/12/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 53 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- 24.11.20 Correspondence - Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair, item 3 PDF 142 KB
- 07.12.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 109 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered
further correspondence on the petition and the announcement made on 14 December
that a more individualised donor assessment will be introduced from summer
2021, with the result that LGBTQ+ men will be able to donate blood. The
Committee agreed to congratulate the petitioner on the success achieved through
their campaign and close the petition.
Meeting: 29/09/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
- Webcast for 29/09/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
- Transcript for 29/09/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
3 P-05-995 Freedom to Donate Blood
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 53 KB View as HTML (3/1) 7 KB
- Research brief, item 3 PDF 167 KB View as HTML (3/2) 70 KB
- 03.08.20 Correspondence - Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair, item 3 PDF 338 KB
- 22.09.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 107 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to thank the petitioner for raising this important issue and:
·
write back to the Minister for Health and Social
Services to share the response provided by the petitioners and request that the
Welsh Government considers expressing support for the principle of using a more
individualised donor selection policy instead of the current three month
deferral period to the Department of Health Advisory Committee on the Safety of
Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO) and the Joint Professional Advisory Committee
on Donor Selection; and
·
keep a watching brief on this issue in light of
the work being carried out by the FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised
Risk) steering group and due to be considered by SaBTO in late 2020, and to
consider the petition again at that point.