Aplastic anaemia is a rare blood condition (but not a blood cancer) that occurs when your body stops producing enough new blood cells. The word ‘aplastic’ refers to the inability to create new cells, in other words, that tissues in the body cannot grow or replicate.

ITP (also known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or immune thrombocytopenia) is a rare bleeding disorder associated with having a decreased number of platelets which is known as thrombocytopenia.

Haemochromatosis is a genetically inherited disorder involving excessive iron absorption and inappropriate storage of iron.

Haemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder that affects people from birth. The blood of a person with haemophilia does not clot normally because they lack one or more of the plasma proteins needed to form a clot and stop bleeding.

MGUS is a non-cancerous condition where there is an increased amount of abnormal protein in the blood and/or urine.

Thalassaemia is an inherited group of blood disorders affecting haemoglobin production. Haemoglobin is a protein in the blood that carries oxygen around the body. A reduction in the number of haemoglobin cells causes anaemia and, if left untreated, it can be life-threatening as the vital organs of the body, including the heart, lungs and liver, may fail due to lack of oxygen.