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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Martin Bagot

Blood crisis as stocks run low and hospital supply runs down to three days

Dangerously low blood stocks have sparked an urgent appeal for new donors.

NHS staff absences due to Covid and recent heatwave conditions have resulted in one in five booked appointments being missed.

Hospitals aim to always have ­six-days of blood supplies but the Mirror understands stocks are now down to 3.7 days.

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