An independent advisory committee has recommended changes to the deferral policy on gay and bisexual men giving blood. Picture: Getty
A time-limited ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood is set to be lifted by Stephen Donnelly, the Minister for Health, theIn 2017, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service lifted its lifelong ban on “men who have sex with men” from donating blood. Instead, however, a deferral policy was put in place, where blood could be donated by such men, but only if a period of one...
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