Blood doning appointments cancelled

There is not much they could do about being short staffed, it was not deliberate on their part. Maybe there were more staff later in the day so did not want to cancel later appointments.

Have a friend who was due to donate his blood when they visited our small market town,appointment cancelled no reason given,East of England.

I was told not to come back by our blood donation service.
I to am seasoned donator with over 60 donations. The main donation Center in Glasgow now has angled sort of chairs rather than the old beds. The beds had a step as they were quite high. Now you’re just expected to “jump ”. I asked for help getting down last time I donated. I just needed an elbow for support. I was told it wasn’t their job. I slid off, landed awkwardly and left in tears. It was made clear I was not to come back. The old steps were still there, just not for use.
A week later I received an “urgent” circular from them reminding me how low they were on my blood group.
I called to say this moral blackmail was the very essence of “adding insult to injury”.
I am gutted to be treated so shabbily, if they have no respect for their older volunteers they will find themselves increasingly “low on stocks”.

Staff shortages everywhere. It is sad but a fact of life. I'm sure people would apologise for the oversight, but if there is no staff this is what happens.

Well done to you Grannyjaq1 for being a Donor 👍

Sometimes such buggerations can't be helped. Perhaps the fact of being short-staffed didn't become apparent until the last moment. Perhaps a member of the staff got held up.