Plasma from blood donations in England will be used to make a vital medicine, following a rule change to reduce reliance on imported stocks.

Each year about 17,000 people need immunoglobulin treatment and, until recently, there was a ban on using plasma from UK  donors to safeguard against vCJD or "mad cow disease".

Officials say this precaution is no longer necessary.

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A mother and son from the Wirral are among those to have had the treatment.

Kes Earl, now 24, whose son Trevor is two, said: "Immunoglobulins saved my family."

The move will help secure NHS plasma stocks to make the antibody-based medicines, called immunoglobulins.

Rollout of the service will happen across England over the coming months, and NHS blood donor services elsewhere in the UK could opt to do the same.

Currently, the UK relies solely on plasma imports, which can be in short supply - a situation made worse by Covid.

Gerry Gogarty, from NHS Blood and Transplant, welcomed the decision, calling it a huge step forward.

"By recovering plasma from blood donations, we can improve long-term supplies of immunoglobulin medicine, and each generous blood donation will go even further in helping to save the lives."

The red blood cells from donations will continue to be used as normal, so there will be no impact on donor blood stocks. Plasma is the fluid and other cells and components of whole blood.