Blood donor age limit

December 16, 2008

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The age limit which prevents regular blood donors from continuing to give blood beyond their 70th birthday has been scrapped. The NHS’s Blood and Transplant authority said it was based on the fact that older donors were healthier and fitter than in the past. The change could see an extra 15,000 donations a year across the UK.

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