~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~05~RS~)
Urgent appeal for blood donors as stocks run low
The NHS is appealing for people to donate blood because of low stocks caused by the bad weather.
The NHS Blood and Transplant Service said stocks of O negative have fallen below "preferred levels".
O negative is an a key blood type because it can be given safely to patients in other blood groups.
The BBC's medical correspondent Fergus Walsh, who has O negative blood visited a blood donation session in London.
Read More
Most watched/listened
-
Assad: No intention of stepping down
-
Japan's incredible shrinking building
-
Record breaking demolition of viaduct
-
China reacts against 'Pants' building
-
David Beckham's emotional farewell
-
Why Texas German is a dying dialect
-
Running barefoot in Wyoming
-
Bipolar conductor on music and mental illness
-
Clashes at gay rally in Georgia
-
Hillsborough: How truth was 'buried'
-
Army crackdown on Nigeria militants
-
Battle rages for Qusair in Syria
-
China film censorship 'terrible'
-
UN delivers grim assessment of Syria
-
China leader vows better India ties
