Urgent Appeal From The NHS For Blood Donations

The NHS are appealing to the public to make an appointment to donate blood. For the first time in history they have reached amber level which means, supplies around the country are critically low. What Blood Type Are They Desperate For? They are really in need of O negative and O positive donors. Around 13% of their blood donors have O negative blood. In comparison, 35% of donors have O positive blood. O Negative Blood Type (O-) This is often often referred to as the ‘universal blood type’ because people of any blood type can receive it. This makes it vitally important in an emergency or when a patient’s blood type is unknown. O positive Blood Type (O+) O positive is the blood type most commonly requested by hospitals and so they need a steady supply. This is the most common blood type and around 35% of blood donors have it. Anyone

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Find out how Herts Ability can help you

Herts Ability’s Lead Occupational Therapist Wendy Valentine and Hubs Officer James Hinkins will be at the Community HUB in The Howard Centre, Welwyn Garden City on Wednesday 21st September between 10am-2pm offering advice on all things driving, transport and mobility scooters! Plus, they’ll also have two mobility scooters on-site, offering FREE training and assessments!

Access to Work Grant – Supporting the recruitment and retention of people who have disability

Access to Work (ATW) is a demand-led, discretionary grant that supports the recruitment and retention of disabled people in sustainable, paid employment. The grant contributes to the disability related extra costs of working faced by disabled people and those with a health condition in the workplace that are beyond standard reasonable adjustments, but it does not replace an employer’s duty under the Equality Act to make reasonable adjustments. Find out more…

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