The Servicio Canario de la Salud (SCS) advises people to donate blood at least twice a year to help maintain hospital supplies of blood products. Its Dirección General de Hemodonación y Hemoterapia has scheduled mobile teams and fixed donation points across the islands from 9 to 15 November.
On El Hierro, the mobile unit will be in Tigaday, Frontera, on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 November, from 15:30 to 21:15. It then moves to El Mentidero in El Pinar on Wednesday 11, from 16:00 to 20:30, followed by Valverde’s Plaza Santiago on Thursday 12, from 15:45 to 21:00, and Friday 13, from 8:45 to 13:45. The island’s fixed point at Hospital Nuestra Señora de los Reyes is open on Mondays from 10:00 to 12:30, except public holidays. Information and appointments are available on 690 886 059.
The schedule also includes the coming weekend. On Saturday 7 November, a mobile unit will be at Centro Comercial Las Arenas in Gran Canaria from 9:00 to 13:30, while another will attend the Rainbow Family event at Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Las Mantecas in La Laguna from 9:00 to 13:45. Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria accepts donors without appointments on Saturday from 9:00 to 13:00. Hospital Universitario de Canarias is open on Saturday from 8:30 to 14:30 and 15:30 to 20:00, then on Sunday from 8:30 to 21:30. In La Palma, its university hospital’s donation point is open Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00 and Sunday from 13:00 to 20:00.
On Tenerife, a University of La Laguna campaign holds its final sessions on Monday and Tuesday at the Faculty of Nursing’s Sala M.1.14 in the Health Sciences campus: 9:00 to 13:00 on Monday and 9:45 to 13:30 on Tuesday. The university’s 2026-2027 annual campaign, organized by the Canary Islands Institute of Hemodonation and Hemotherapy for the university community, runs from 13 October to 11 November. The donation room at Multicentro Comercial El Trompo in La Orotava operates Monday to Thursday, 9:15 to 12:30 and 14:45 to 19:30. A mobile team will visit Colegio Pureza de María La Cuesta on Tuesday from 14:30 to 19:00 to serve teaching staff. At CIFP Las Indias in Barrio de Salud Alto, sessions run from 9:15 to 14:00 and 14:45 to 19:30.
Fixed points on Tenerife include the centre on Calle Méndez Núñez in Santa Cruz, open weekdays from 8:15 to 20:30, and the San Isidro health centre in Granadilla de Abona, open weekdays from 8:15 to 19:30. Both close on public holidays. San Isidro has a reserved donor parking space and can be reached on 677 980 518. Hospital Universitario de Canarias accepts donors Sunday to Friday and on public holidays from 8:30 to 21:30, with split hours on Saturdays. Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria opens weekdays from 8:00 to 20:00 and Saturdays from 9:00 to 13:00, except public holidays. Hospiten Bellevue in Puerto de la Cruz requires an appointment, by calling 922 385 235 and selecting option 1; it opens weekdays from 11:00 to 14:30. Hospital San Juan de Dios accepts donors weekdays from 10:30 to 12:30.
In Gran Canaria, a mobile unit will visit the Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport at Campus de Tafira on Monday 9, from 9:30 to 14:00, and Tuesday 10, from 9:00 to 13:30. The IES Pérez Galdós donation session runs from 9:00 to 14:00 and 14:30 to 19:30. A unit at Go Fit in Las Canteras will be open Tuesday 10 from 16:00 to 21:00, then Wednesday 11 from 9:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 21:00. Satocan hosts a donation point on 11 and 12 November from 9:00 to 14:00. In Telde, Centro Comercial Alcampo has a donation point from Tuesday 10 to Friday 13, 9:00 to 14:00.
In San Bartolomé de Tirajana, a mobile unit beside the Centro de Cultura de Maspalomas operates on Monday 9 from 16:30 to 20:15; Tuesday to Thursday, morning and afternoon; and Friday 13 from 9:30 to 13:15. The mobile point beside the main entrance of Centro Comercial Buenavista is open on Friday from 9:30 to 13:15 and 16:30 to 20:15. Vecindario’s fixed point in Santa Lucía de Tirajana opens Tuesday from 9:15 to 13:15 and 16:15 to 20:15, Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning and Friday from 9:15 to 12:30. The Dirección General’s fixed centre on Calle Alfonso XIII in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is open weekdays from 8:15 to 21:30, except public holidays, and has a reserved donor parking space. Hospital Insular accepts donors weekdays from 10:30 to 19:30; Hospital Materno Infantil, from 10:30 to 14:00. Hospiten Roca San Agustín requires an appointment on 928 301 012, option 8, and accepts donors on Fridays from 8:00 to 14:00, except public holidays.
On Fuerteventura, Centro Comercial Las Rotondas in Puerto del Rosario is open Monday to Wednesday from 15:30 to 20:30 and Thursday to Friday from 8:30 to 13:30. The fixed point at Hospital General de Fuerteventura operates weekdays from 11:00 to 13:30; appointments are recommended on 928 546 684. On Lanzarote, Centro Comercial Deiland in San Bartolomé hosts sessions Tuesday and Wednesday from 15:30 to 20:30, then Thursday and Friday from 9:00 to 13:30. The fixed point at Hospital Universitario Doctor José Molina Orosa is open weekdays from 8:30 to 13:00, except public holidays.
La Palma’s hospital donation point is open Monday to Thursday from 10:00 to 20:00, Friday from 10:00 to 15:00, Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00 and Sunday from 13:00 to 20:00. In La Gomera, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe accepts donors Monday to Wednesday from 11:00 to 13:00 and Thursday to Friday from 9:00 to 13:00, except public holidays. The public-service focus also differs from earlier railway safety coverage.
Donors must be aged 18 to 65, or no older than 60 for a first donation, weigh more than 50 kilograms, be in good general health and not be pregnant. The SCS donor helpline is 900 234 061; information is also available at efectodonacion.com.
