Meetings

P-05-995 Freedom to Donate Blood

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Meeting: 15/12/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-995 Freedom to Donate Blood

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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)

3 P-05-995 Freedom to Donate Blood

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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.