Sickle cell disease

Londoner Julia Gryn has a rare blood type and is one of only 100 donors on the rare donor panel.

Tegan Rendell, 20, says having a cannula inserted via ultrasound "make my experience so much better".

People with the disorder said they were not getting appropriate care, a report finds.

Blood donors across south London may have potentially saved more than 11,000 lives in three months.

Patients with sickle cell disease can access the James Cook Hospital unit 24-hours a day.

Volunteers would be matched with research programmes into conditions like sickle cell and diabetes.

The gene therapy Casgevy, which will now be offered to some patients in England, could help people live disease-free, experts say.

Black sickle cell pioneer Dame Elizabeth Anionwu officially opens Brixton Blood Donor Centre.