Overview

• National blood stocks have fallen to 4.3 days, with O Negative levels at just 1.6 days.
• Hospitals instructed to limit use of O-type blood to essential cases.
• Cyber attack on London hospitals has exacerbated the shortage, impacting blood type matching.
• NHS is making an additional 1,000 donation appointments available weekly to address the crisis.
• Public urged to donate blood, particularly those with O Negative and O Positive types.