Marrow Petition
Written by Gemma Owens, 4 months ago | Permalink
You may have heard of Adrian Sudbury, a journalist who is the first person to ever be diagnosed with two tyrpes of leukaemia. He has met with Gordon Brown and convinced Alan Johnson and Ed Balls, the Health Secretary and the Education Secretary, that education of young people about blood and bone marrow donation is essential. The government has agreed that a talk will be rolled out to all 14-15 year olds about the importance of donation. But Adrian, like many of us, thinks that another talk to 6th form students would be more helpful as they are then able to make an informed decision about whether they want to donate blood, or organs. He has a petition on the Downing Street website, if you agree please sign. Here is the address:
