Blood Donation Timeline.

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

Lifeblood replaced the question asking men about sex with men with the same sexual activity questions for all donors regardless of gender or sexuality.

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

The 2026 edition of the National Health Commission's blood station procedures, in force from 1 July 2026, repeats the permanent high-risk rule and adds a model questionnaire asking men whether they have ever had sex with…

Lifeblood replaced the question asking men about sex with men with the same sexual activity questions for all donors regardless of gender or sexuality.

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

Lifeblood replaced the question asking men about sex with men with the same sexual activity questions for all donors regardless of gender or sexuality.

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

Congress made it law that sex, sexual orientation and gender identity can never be grounds for deferral or exclusion of blood donors.

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

Current UK guideline entry for trans and non-binary donors: masculinising hormone therapy accepted only after more than 12 months on treatment; feminising therapy accepted. The September 2026 revision changed the…

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

The guidance in force when read on 12 November 2026 defers transgender donors on gender-affirming hormones until three months after their haemoglobin has adjusted. The date it was adopted is not published.

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

A revised questionnaire in force from 15 June 2026 keeps the same sexual-risk questions for every donor, including more than one partner in the last four months.

A revised questionnaire in force from 15 June 2026 keeps the same sexual-risk questions for every donor, including more than one partner in the last four months.

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

A revised questionnaire in force from 15 June 2026 keeps the same sexual-risk questions for every donor, including more than one partner in the last four months.

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

From 1 September 2026 the permanent sexual-behaviour deferral was removed, discrimination on grounds such as sex and sexual orientation was barred, and a four-month deferral for risky sex defined in neutral terms applies…

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

Lifeblood replaced the question asking men about sex with men with the same sexual activity questions for all donors regardless of gender or sexuality.

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

The published requirements defer donors for one year after sex with a man who has sex with men; the rule was in force by June 2026, and when it began, and any earlier rule, was not verified.

The MBTS FAQ in force when read lists general risk grounds such as more than one sexual partner, sexual contact with sex workers and injecting drug use, and does not mention the Ministry of Health's permanent deferral of…

The current questionnaire asks all donors the same 4-month sexual-risk questions with no question on sex between men, gender identity or hormone therapy.

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

A revised questionnaire in force from 15 June 2026 keeps the same sexual-risk questions for every donor, including more than one partner in the last four months.

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

A revised questionnaire in force from 15 June 2026 keeps the same sexual-risk questions for every donor, including more than one partner in the last four months.

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

A new national technical regulation, binding on all public and private services, defers any donor for 4 months after a new partner, occasional partners, paid sex or other listed exposures, bars discrimination by sexual…

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

The new framework law requires donors to meet health criteria and leaves donor selection rules to the health ministry; it has no rule on sexual orientation or gender and does not repeal Order A/373.

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

The current guide requires individual risk assessment regardless of orientation with 4-month waits for set risk behaviours, and adds a 6-month wait after starting masculinising hormone therapy for donors who have changed…

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

New national standards, binding on every service in the national blood system, defer any donor for 6 months (3 months where molecular testing is used) after a new partner or more than one partner with anal sex in the…

Lifeblood replaced the question asking men about sex with men with the same sexual activity questions for all donors regardless of gender or sexuality.

NZBS replaced the men-who-have-sex-with-men deferral with the same sexual activity questions for every blood and plasma donor.

The current national documents defer every donor after a new partner or more than two partners in the last 4 months, in gender-neutral wording.

Lifeblood replaced the question asking men about sex with men with the same sexual activity questions for all donors regardless of gender or sexuality.

Current UK guideline entry for trans and non-binary donors: masculinising hormone therapy accepted only after more than 12 months on treatment; feminising therapy accepted. The September 2026 revision changed the…

Lifeblood replaced the question asking men about sex with men with the same sexual activity questions for all donors regardless of gender or sexuality.

The General Health Law gained a statement of principles for blood donation, including that donation is a process not based on gender differences and non-discriminatory. It does not itself set donor criteria.