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The ban on blood donations from anyone who lived in the UK, Ireland or France between 1980 and 1996 is being lifted.
Medsafe recently approved New Zealand Blood Service’s submission to scrap the ban, which was imposed after UK outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and its human equivalent, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, in the 1980s and 90s.
NZ Blood Service said it would take six to eight weeks to implement the change, and is asking people to pre-register their interest online in the meantime.
Meanwhile, those who can already give blood or plasma are being asked to attend one of two days in Warkworth this week, on Wednesday and Thursday, December 6 and 7.
Appointments can be booked online or via the NZ Blood service app.
For post-‘mad cow’ registration, visit https://www.nzblood.co.nz/mad-cow-donation-rule-restriction/ To book a donation in Warkworth, visit https://www.nzblood.co.nz/book-to-donate/
