How to become a donor in the UK
5 small steps to save a life
1st step
Contact your local health service or bone marrow donor program for directions to your closest testing facility.
2nd step
Call your local center to make an appointment. The waiting period tends to be between 2 or 7 days.
3rd step
In order to study your histocompatibilty, one of two methods are used, depending on the country:
- Cheek swab: in the USA and Germany, for instance, samples for compatibility studies are submitted via a cheek swab. Swabs, reminiscent of a q-tip, will be mailed to you. You will have to swab the inside of your cheek with them, and then mail them back for testing.
- Blood sample: a small blood simple will be taken from you to conduct a basic histocompatibility study. Some of that sample will be kept at the lab in order to conduct further tests if a compatible patient is found, avoiding the need for a new prick of the needle if such a patient is located.
4th step
Your basic data and compatibility features will be registered in your national bone marrow donor database. This data will be encrypted and stored, in full compliance with your local data protection laws. This data will then be incorporated into the Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide network (BMDW), which features data from over 22 million donors in 50 countries.
5th step
With any luck, one of the hundreds of thousands of people around the world will be compatible with you. If this is the case, you will be contacted to make a donation. This donation is a simple procedure, done under local or general anesthetic, by which some bone marrow is extracted from the hip through a series of punctures. Donors feel only a small discomfort, and after some hours under observation, can go home. The extracted bone marrow will have been regenerated within a month of the extraction.
Where can I donate? – NEW!!
Here you can find a list of Stem Cell Donor Registries and Cord Blood Banks participating in BMDW – Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide in UK
Blood donors can become bone marrow donors at any National Health Service blood donation center. For detailed information, visit the website of the NHS British Bone Marrow Registry www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/bonemarrow/ or call: 0300 123 23 23
Restrictions
Some people may not be able to become donors due to health reasons or life choices. Please consult the websites or hospitals to see posible restrictions.
Iba a donar pero al parecer en UK no te dejan si tienes un tatuaje, y yo tengo uno :(. Difundo por Internet y espero que se consiga a tantos donantes que Mateo y muchos otros que lo necesitan puedan recibir el trasplante.
Mucha suerte!
I’ve just checked the list of restrictions to people becoming donors, and I can’t believe you can’t donate if you’ve got your ears pierced? Why ever not?
you CAN register if you have your ears pierced – if you click on piercing it will take you to a more detailed explanation
Donors can also register via the Anthony Nolan Trust, they request a spit sample-order a kit and send it back! No blood test or appointment needed, unless you’re a match.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDAQjBAwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anthonynolan.org%2FWhat-you-can-do%2Fsave-a-life.aspx&ei=wsICUuW4Goqq0QWu94GYCg&usg=AFQjCNEGGH8Ep9u7Zm-24PSFMoB5CgVaxw
The criteria of who can donate with age etc vary between blood donor register and Nolan trust so check if one excludes you!
If only the 22,447 people ‘THINKING’ about becoming a donor or the 53,936 visitors to this site became a donor too this would be a great help and something you should all be proud of doing. I bet you wouldn’t hesitate or ‘THINK’ about going to get your holiday jabs done would you. It should be made law that everyone in the world should be a registered donor by the time they have to start school then these illnesses could be treated earlier and the human race would stand a better chance of survival. My appointment has been made incase you were ‘Thinking’ if I had done it 🙂 Come on guys like ‘Nike’ says…. Just Do It..!
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My name is Dr. Michael Richard I’m a phrenologist at ST Michael Hospital. Our hospital specializes in Kidney Surgery and we also deal with the purchase and transplantation of kidneys with a living donor and a corresponding donor. We are located in Dubai, Turkey, USA. United States, Malaysia. If you are interested in selling or buying kidneys, do not hesitate to contact us by email: michaelrichard1711@gmail.com
I am 71 years old and I have lo illnesses whatsoever my blood is group 2 RH negative
Where can i donate in chile?