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10 December 2018.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
These questions relate to the Jersey Blood transfusion service suspension:
A
How much whole blood and or Plasma has had to be imported into the Island due to the closure of the Jersey blood transfusion service?
B
Where was the blood / Plasma imported / obtained from?
C
What was the cost to the Health department of any such purchase and the associated costs of shipping it to the Island?
Response
A
While the Jersey Blood Service was closed, 1998 units of red cells and 177 units of plasma were imported.
B
All of the red cells and plasma were obtained from National Health Service Blood and Transplant in England.
C
The cost of the purchases and the associated shipping was £348,352
For comparison, in the same period in the preceding year, the consumables cost for manufacturing blood on island was £411k. The initiative therefore saved £63k, which was reinvested in improvements to the blood service.
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