Blood disorder failure update
Strict new deadlines are in place after a 12-year failure of Derbyshire NHS services saw hundreds of families not notified about potential blood disorders. Last spring, the Local Democracy Reporting Service revealed the Derbyshire NHS failed to tell more than 800 Derbyshire families about the sickle cell carrier status of their babies for 12 years – January 2012 to June 2024. Sickle cell carrier status means babies with this condition do not have the blood disorder themselves but have the ability […]
