United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 43734
Clinical Trials: LGBT+ People
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5 May 2020
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13 May 2020 · Answer
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13 May 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating their plasma to a trial to provide treatment for covid-19.
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5 May 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating their plasma to a trial to provide treatment for covid-19.
Source: Commons
13 May 2020
Answer
No individual is excluded from giving blood, platelets or plasma based on sexual orientation. However, all men must wait three months after having sexual contact with another man before donating. This is based on expert advice from the Advisory Committee ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-05-05/43734
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1193175
- uk · wq-1193175 · source updated 13 May 2020