Raj
15-02-2007, 06:44 PM
They are planning to centralise processing and testing of blood in 3 centres in England.
Demonstrations are planned outside many centres including those in Leeds, Birmingham, Sheffield and Southampton.
The union Amicus has voted to take industrial action but the National Blood Service denies patients will be put at risk by the changes.
"Closing centres will mean precious blood supplies will have to be transported from one end of the country to the next.
"This is not only riskier, but will undermine the service's ability to cope with emergencies such as the London bombings, putting people's lives in further danger.
:arrow:Go and show some moral support guys - once these services are gone they will be hard to get back and some of you may one day be affected by these decisions. It means that blood will have to be sent to one of these processing centres for screening etc and then shipped back out to where its needed - hardly sensible or enviromentally friendly to my mind
[I live in an area with centralised health care and it means that for some people, if they need a full A&E department for any reason, the nearest full A&E department is over two hours away :hopeless:]
Demonstrations are planned outside many centres including those in Leeds, Birmingham, Sheffield and Southampton.
The union Amicus has voted to take industrial action but the National Blood Service denies patients will be put at risk by the changes.
"Closing centres will mean precious blood supplies will have to be transported from one end of the country to the next.
"This is not only riskier, but will undermine the service's ability to cope with emergencies such as the London bombings, putting people's lives in further danger.
:arrow:Go and show some moral support guys - once these services are gone they will be hard to get back and some of you may one day be affected by these decisions. It means that blood will have to be sent to one of these processing centres for screening etc and then shipped back out to where its needed - hardly sensible or enviromentally friendly to my mind
[I live in an area with centralised health care and it means that for some people, if they need a full A&E department for any reason, the nearest full A&E department is over two hours away :hopeless:]