Blood centre closes at hospital

The Woy Woy Blood Donor Centre is closing after 30 years at Woy Woy Hospital.

It will be replaced by regular visits by the mobile blood bank to the hospital.

The closure will allow the hospital more space to provide essential services for the local community, according to Central Coast Blood Service manager Ms Rochelle Jackson.

The fully self-contained "donormobile" will visit the hospital's hydrotherapy pool car park in Kathleen St on the second Monday and Tuesday of every month.

"The feedback from our regular donors has been very positive," said Ms Jackson.

"We're now able to offer morning appointment times as well as the usual evening session and people who can't donate on a Tuesday have the option of Mondays as well.

"We're hoping more Peninsula residents will join our already dedicated regular Woy Woy blood donors."

The first mobile service visits to Woy Woy Hospital will be on Monday, December 13, from 10am to 3:30pm and Tuesday, December 14, from 1:30pm to 7:30pm.

The Woy Woy donor centre will hold its last session on Tuesday, November 30.

Media Release, 8 Nov 2010 Katherine Wicks, Central Coast Donormobile