The FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised Risk) steering group, which was set up at the beginning of 2019 at the request of the Department of Health and Social Care exploring whether some gay and bisexual men might be able to donate blood without a deferral, is still hoping to report its findings before the end of 2020 in spite of the coronavirus pandemic.
The steering group includes representatives from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, the Wels