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Removal of this geography\u2010based donor deferral on RhD\u2010negative blood availability has not been reported.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>All donors who donated at least once from 25 July 2022 to 25 July 2023 were included. UK donor status, first\u2010time donor and ABO RhD data were extracted from the National Blood Management System.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Data from 566,447 blood donors with a valid ABO RhD result were analysed. Of these, 34,560 were new or returning lapsed donors following removal of the UK donor deferral. The median age [range] in years for all donors was 43 [75] with UK donors being older 53 [70]. There was a higher prevalence of RhD\u2010negative status in UK donors (20.2%) compared with first\u2010time blood donors (15.7%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>UK donors were generally older, female and more likely to be RhD\u2010negative. 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