AQW 6714/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health whether patient blood groups are routinely held on file at GP surgeries.

Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 10 September 2020

Answered
Written
After due date

Tabled: 10 September 2020
Answer due by: 25 September 2020
Answered: 29 September 202019 days after tabling
Department: Department of Health
Priority question: No

Answer

GPs do not check a patient's blood group as a matter of course, therefore do not routinely hold this information in their records.

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