NHS Blood and Transplant


We help people do something extraordinary - donate blood, organs, tissues or stem cells to save someone in need

What you can donate

Could you donate blood, plasma, platelets, organs, stem cells or tissue?

Become a donor

Support us

Find out how to be a partner or a campaigner.

How you can help

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Have you donated or received blood or organs?

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Pioneering research

Find out how our world-class research is improving patient outcomes.

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Specialist services

Diagnostic and therapeutic services provide vital support for blood transfusion, organ and stem cell transplantation.

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Performance and strategy

See how we're working to increase blood and organ donation.

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How we help

Our service is vital for those needing transfusions and transplants. We're working hard to save and transform lives in the UK and beyond.

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How we supported the Infected Blood Inquiry

Find out how we supported the Infected Blood Inquiry with its search for truth and justice for all those whose lives have been so tragically affected.

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Our response to the Government's 10 Year Health Plan

Read about what we would like to see covered in the Government’s 10 Year Health Plan.

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Partnership opportunities

Could you help us to reach a wider audience, encourage more donors and save more lives?

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Take a look back at our history

Read about pioneering discoveries in donation, transfusion and transplantation, and watch vintage donor recruitment films.

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What happens after you give blood?

Take a video tour of our blood centre in Filton to see the testing and manufacturing process in action.

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Latest news

Approval for UK plasma to be used for further life-saving medicines

NHS Blood and Transplant welcomes the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency announcement on approving the use of UK-donated plasma for 5 additional plasma-derived medicinal products

16 July 2026

'Seminal moment’ - first organ transplanted in programme to increase transplants by nearly 20% a year

The first patient has received an organ transplant through a new NHS pilot which will eventually increase the number of organ transplants by nearly 20% a year.

06 July 2026

NHS and military join forces to develop battlefield transfusion in era of drone warfare

29 June 2026

Buckinghamshire patients benefitting from new transfusion service that allows more patients to be treated locally

22 June 2026

New pathway goes live for UK's world leading Assessment and Recovery Centres programme

15 June 2026