News

Tens of thousands of blood donors have had their blood types DNA tested in a UK first, in a groundbreaking step towards personalised, precision-matched blood.

The NHS has today written to hospitals to stand down its amber alert on blood stocks from 21 July after almost a year, thanks to a phenomenal response from donors during National Blood Week and fantastic support from hospitals.

Colleagues from across NHS Blood and Transplant have paid tribute to the 52 people who lost their lives in the 7/7 London bombings and praised the courage of NHS staff and the selfless blood and tissue donors who helped save many others that day.

Stars of Marvel Television's Ironheart have delivered a special video message to the nation’s Black heritage communities, to inspire them to become heroes and donate blood.

Vitamin D supplementation is unlikely to make a meaningful difference to iron levels in older people, according to new evidence from an NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) study.

On Wednesday, 25 June an important NHS plasma donor centre in Reading has opened its doors to a temporary venue at Reading Bridge House, just a mile away from the original location at Kennet Place.

Anne Davidson from NHS Blood and Transplant has been awarded the ;Mollison Award - Rewarding Innovation' by the British Blood Transfusion Society (BBTS).

NHS Blood and Transplant will be providing more advanced blood transfusions, closer to home, for people with the serious blood disorder sickle cell.

This National Blood Week (9 to 15 June) the NHS is calling on 1 million people in England to give blood - and help create the country's largest volunteering force - to stabilise the nation's blood supply.

A man has travelled over 10,000 miles to meet the stranger who saved his life by donating his stem cells through the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry.

NHS Blood and Transplant-led researchers set out to test whether different haemoglobin thresholds could safely be carried out for a group of children who need repeated transfusions.