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# Councillor urges men who have had coronavirus in Lichfield and Burntwood to donate blood plasma
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillor-urges-men-who-have-had-coronavirus-in-lichfield-and-burntwood-to-donate-blood-plasma/
- Published: 2020-12-21T15:14:25.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-21T15:50:18.000Z
- Description: A councillor is urging men who have had coronavirus to donate blood plasma to help in the fight against COVID-19.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Fazeley, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

A councillor is urging men who have had coronavirus to donate blood plasma to help in the fight against COVID-19.

![James Parton-Hughes](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/james-parton-hughes.jpg)

James Parton-Hughes

Cllr James Parton-Hughes, who represents the Fazeley ward at Lichfield District Council, caught the virus back in October.

He has now put himself forward for the national programme – and will be donating plasma on Christmas Eve.

> “A man donating plasma for the first time is three times more likely to give a high antibody unit of plasma than a woman booked in to donate for the first time, so I’d encourage any men to put themselves forward if they’ve had symptoms.  
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> “It’s relatively quick, easy and you can donate every two weeks if you wish.  
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> “While things feel slightly out of control at the moment, this is one way we can help in the national effort to halt the spread of the virus.”  
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> Cllr James Parton-Hughes, Lichfield District Council

More details about the blood plasma programme are available [here](https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/covid-19-research/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).