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West Ender · 20-08-2007, 14:32

The problem is that incentives could lead people who shouldn't be donating into trying to. There is a health-screening form but people can lie and the blood tests don't always show everything. One problem could be donating too often, registering with more than one card, for instance. It would have to be a very tight process to make sure nothing went wrong.

I was a blood donor for many years, having a rare blood type, but as I am now on medication for high blood pressure they can't use me. My daughter gave blood from the age of 18 until her daughter was born 6 years later. They won't have her blood now as she had to have a transfusion after the birth (in 1999) and, as they've kindly informed her, she might be hatching CJD. Comforting thought, eh?

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West Ender Passed away 25-11-09 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lymm, Cheshire Posts: 2,674 Blog Entries: 147 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 193	Re: Should there be incentives for blood donation? The problem is that incentives could lead people who shouldn't be donating into trying to. There is a health-screening form but people can lie and the blood tests don't always show everything. One problem could be donating too often, registering with more than one card, for instance. It would have to be a very tight process to make sure nothing went wrong. I was a blood donor for many years, having a rare blood type, but as I am now on medication for high blood pressure they can't use me. My daughter gave blood from the age of 18 until her daughter was born 6 years later. They won't have her blood now as she had to have a transfusion after the birth (in 1999) and, as they've kindly informed her, she might be hatching CJD. Comforting thought, eh? __________________ * Some cinemas let the flying monkeys in............and some don't.