If any of the following apply to you unfortunately you will be unable to join the register. 

• You are aged under 16 or over 30.

• You weigh under 8st (51kg) or are severely overweight (a BMI of more than 40). 

• You (or your partner) are, or think you are, HIV or Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) positive or believe you may carry the Hepatitis B or C virus.

• You don’t live in the UK.

• You have ever been injected with non-prescription drugs including body-building drugs (includes one off use)

• You have EVER had any of the following:

  •  Cancer (including leukaemia)

  • Heart disease or heart surgery

  • Stroke

  • Epilepsy (unless you have not had a seizure or taken medication for epilepsy for the last three years) 

  • Any neurological condition 

  • COPD including lung clots

  • Diabetes (unless this is controlled by diet alone)

  • Ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease

  • Sarcoidosis

  • Reiter’s syndrome

  • Autoimmune conditions including rheumatoid arthritis

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

  • Ankylosing spondylitis

  • Vasculitis

  • Sickle cell disease

  • Graves’ disease 

  • Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

  • Pernicious anaemia

  • Myasthenia gravis

  • Schizophrenia

  • Haemophilia

  • Thalassaemia

  • Sciatica

  • Hepatitis or a positive blood test for hepatitis or HTLV 

  • An allergy to latex or anaesthetic 

Special note
If you are pregnant you may join the register but will not be made active until your baby is one year old.

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Unable to join?
Please check the what you can do section for other ways you can support our lifesaving work.