IBTS will be 'Brexit ready', annual report states

The ITBS is "well-placed" to deal with a  no-deal Brexit. File picture: Simon Dawson/PA Wire

The Irish Blood Transfusion Board has said it will be "Brexit ready", even though it admitted that costs would "inevitably" rise in the short term. 

The IBTS annual report for 2019 also showed an increase in the number of donors and the overall quantity of blood donated last year, as well as a modest increase in the number of first-time donors.