How many people need bone marrow transplants in the UK each year?

How many people need bone marrow transplants in the UK each year?

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In general terms, the register gets about 100 requests a month for donors. Not all of those will come from the UK, but there will be about 100 a month routinely. The number of transplants done per year is a bit less than that. On average, each year we would provide just over 300 donors for transplants. There may be other transplants that are taking place with donors from other registers, but that gives you a ballpark figure for the number of transplants done every year and for the number of requests for donors.