Give blood for Mother's Day this month

AS Mother's Day approaches, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is highlighting how donated blood is often used to help new mums and their babies. Blood is vital for a wide variety of procedures in hospitals. One important, often urgent and life-saving way it is used, is for pregnant women or new mothers experiencing severe bleeds. Premature babies often also need blood transfusions to replace the blood that is taken for testing as they struggle to make new blood cells in the first few weeks after birth.  Around 6%* of blood used in hospitals is for maternity care so people from Merseyside are being urged to think about new mums and their babies around Mother's Day and make a date to give blood.

NHS Blood and Transplant's lead donor relations manager for the North West area, Barbara Blanche, said:- "In the run-up to Mother's Day we would like people to think about not only their own mother but also the mothers and families they can help simply by giving blood.   Here at NHS Blood and Transplant, we are regularly contacted by grateful young mothers who owe their lives to blood donors after receiving transfusions during childbirth. So rest assured, you really can make a difference and help to save a life simply by going along to a local session here in Merseyside."

Forthcoming local sessions in Merseyside include:-

BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS TO BE
HELD DURING MARCH 2014

Liverpool Donor Centre
Unit 6, 2 Moorfields
(Entrance on Dale Street)
Liverpool

Monday/Thursday/Friday/Alternate Saturdays: 8.20am until 3.30pm to  Tuesday/Wednesday - 12.20pm until 7.30pm

Saturday 01.03.14
Holy Trinity Parochial Centre
Hoghton Street
SOUTHPORT
10.30am to 2.30pm

Monday 03.03.14
All Saint's Catholic Club
High Street
GOLBORNE
2.00pm to 4.00pm & 5.30pm to 7.30pm

Tuesday 04.03.14
All Hallow's Church Hall
1 Greenhill Road
ALLERTON
2.00pm to 4.00pm & 5.30pm to 7.30pm

Wednesday 05.03.14
The Venue at Town Hall
Hall Lane
MAGHULL
2.00pm to 4.00pm & 5.30pm to 7.30pm

Friday 07.03.14
Grosvenor Assembly Rooms
Grosvenor Street
LISCARD
2.00pm to 4.00pm & 5.30pm to 7.30pm

Saturday 08.03.14
Civic Centre
Civic Way
BEBINGTON
10.30am to 2.30pm

Monday 10.03.14
Crown Plaza
Speke Road
SPEKE
10.30am to 12.30pm & 2.30pm to 4.30pm

Tuesday 11.03.14
Town Hall
Hamilton Square
BIRKENHEAD
10.00am to 12.00pm & 2.00pm to 4.15pm