http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/ Latest news updates from NHSBT http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/i/g/logo.gif http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/ 200 48 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease240513.html Blood is a precious resource. The UK has a safe and sufficient blood supply and NHS Blood and Transplant collects, tests, processes and supplies nearly 2 million units of blood each year, to meet the needs of hospitals and patients in England and North Wales. In a co-authored article, published this week in the Lancet, Lorna Williamson, NHS Blood and Transplant’s Medical and Research Director, discusses the challenges facing blood services in developed countries and some of the solutions. 24th May 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease140513.html The first ever Faith and Organ Donation Summit has brought together high profile faith leaders, community representatives and health professionals from six of the major religions in the UK. 14th May 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease100513-3.html NHS Blood and Transplant received more plaudits for the "Perfect Storm" campaign at the Drum Marketing Awards 2013, which took place on Thursday 9 May. 10th May 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease020513_2.html NHS Blood and Transplant's Blood Donation Facebook page today soared past the milestone of 250,000 fans, making it the largest following for a blood donation page in the world. 2nd May 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease020513.html Everything we do, every decision we make at every level will continue to be carried out with the highest standards of care, expertise and quality. These are the priorities NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has set out in its Strategic Plan 2013-2018 which is published today. 2nd May 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease260413_2.html Use of a new standardised blood pack has been agreed by a collaborative of six countries which will allow the participating blood services to benefit from the scale generated by collaborative procurement and significantly reduced costs. 26th April 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease260413.html An extra £4m will be invested in NHS stem cell services in a bid to save up to 200 lives, Public Health Minister Anna Soubry announced today. 26th April 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease110413.html More than 3,100 lives were transformed by deceased donors in the last 12 months as the NHS hit the 50% increase in deceased organ donation, the challenge set by the Organ Donation Taskforce in 2008. 11th April 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease070413.html Researchers have uncovered the gene at the root of a human blood group that has remained a mystery for the past 60 years. They showed that a genetic deletion on this gene is responsible for the lack of this blood group in some people. 7th April 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease260313.html NHS Blood and Transplant welcomed Scotland's Minister for Public Health, Michael Matheson, to its Board meeting in Edinburgh on 23-24 March. 26th March 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease150313.html A paper, co-written by NHS Blood and Transplant medical experts, has been published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology to highlight the errors associated with the use of anti-D immunoglobulin in RhD negative women and the effect this is having on their unborn babies. 15th March 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease070313.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has scooped two prestigious marketing awards for the success of the blood stock build campaign during last summers Olympic Games. 7th March 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2013/newsrelease030113.html Blood donors who are O Rh negative (O-) are being asked to come forward to give blood now following the festive period. 3rd January 2013 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease301112.html The Secretary of State for Health is seeking to appoint a Non Executive Director to NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). Appointments of this nature are regulated by The Commissioner for Public Appointments. 30th November 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease281112.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has won a prestigious Health Service Journal (HSJ) award for its Operational Improvement Programme (OIP) which enabled the NHS to release £10 million a year back into front-line services. 28th November 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease021112.html Patients from across the North West will benefit from a new unit, offering a specialist therapy, Extracorporal Photopheresis. 2nd November 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease071112.html Hollyoaks stars and designer Wayne Hemingway are supporting NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) in their appeal to recruit vital new blood donors. 7th November 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease231012.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) congratulates Anthony Nolan on winning the Charity Times' Charity of the Year award. 23rd October 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease181012.html Our Specialist Therapeutic Service delivers a range of life-enhancing and life-saving therapeutic apheresis treatments for patients. Treatments are provided from units based across the country in Leeds, Bristol, Oxford, Sheffield, Liverpool and Manchester. 18th October 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease081012.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has today launched a new patient awareness campaign encouraging recipients of blood to ask staff 'Do you know who I am?'. 8th October 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease031012_2.html NHS Blood and Transplant has issued an urgent appeal today for O Rh negative and B Rh negative donors to give blood now. Stocks of blood groups O Rh negative and B Rh negative still haven’t recovered, from a fall in collections during last week’s bad weather. 3rd October 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease031012.html Plans to prepare for an all Wales Blood Service have been agreed Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Health and Social Services in Wales, told NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) at its Board meeting in Cardiff on 27 September. 3rd October 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease240912.html Donors are being invited to take part in a ground-breaking study (INTERVAL) which could shape the future of blood donation nationally and internationally, providing a personalised service for donors. 24th September 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease170912.html NHS Blood and Transplant publishes its Research and Development Triennial Report 2009-2012 today. 17th September 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease010812.html A pilot scheme which could transform the way blood is delivered and used in hospitals is being launched today. 1st August 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease030712.html The winners of a film competition to mark National Transplant Week (9-15 July) and raise awareness of the importance of organ donation were announced today. 3rd July 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease180612.html We must act now to reduce blood use in hospitals Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, and leading international experts told an audience of transfusion practitioners and patient representatives in London today (Monday 18 June). 18th June 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease140612.html New statistics from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) announced today reveal a gap between demand and supply of blood type O- during national celebrations and underline an urgent need for O- donors to come forward ahead of the Olympics next month. 14th June 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease110612.html National blood stocks have fallen by 7% over the jubilee weekend according to latest figures from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) which today launches its annual awareness campaign, National Blood Week, to urge the public to donate blood. 11th June 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease200512.html Eight celebrities, each representing one of the major blood groups, are supporting NHS Blood and Transplant's campaign to increase blood stocks this summer. 20th May 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease110512.html Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is set to help people across the UK and internationally who need a life-saving blood stem cell or bone marrow transplant. The Trust, in collaboration with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), has won a contract with national charity Anthony Nolan to become the first regional stem cell collection centre outside of London. 11th May 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease040512.html A short-film competition to raise the profile of organ donation in the UK is being launched by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). 4th May 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease010512.html A new collaboration to help boost the number of people on the Organ Donor Register was announced today by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and Facebook. 1st May 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease020412.html Saving more lives is the priority Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities, told the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) Board who met in Edinburgh on Thursday 29 March. 2nd April 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease300312.html The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have been informed by the manufacturer that Viacom, a perfusion fluid used during abdominal organ donation, has been recalled. 30th March 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease090312_2.html The first NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) National Organ Donation Congress will bring together world experts to discuss advances in the field of organ donation, share experience and practice and identify how best to deliver a 50% increase in organ donation in the UK by 2013. 9th March 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease090312.html Faith leaders from all the major UK religions came together today (8 March 2012) for the first time to promote organ donation. 9th March 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease010312.html Leading stem cell transplant specialists from across the globe gathered in London on Thursday 23 February to discuss the latest advances in alternative donor approaches with UK physicians and other health professionals. 1st March 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease150212.html Sally Johnson, NHSBT's Director of Organ Donation and Transplantation, was a guest on BBC Radio 4's consumer affairs programme You and Yours on 14th February 2012. 15th February 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease130212.html Dr Paul Murphy, a consultant in intensive care and Clinical Lead for Organ Donation at NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), said: "We welcome this report which acknowledges the excellent progress made by NHSBT and our partners in increasing the numbers of deceased donor organs available for life-saving transplant. 13th February 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease240112.html Plans aimed at transforming more lives through living kidney donation and transplantation are to be revealed. 24th January 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease190112.html A new cord blood donation centre in the heart of London is off to a flying start with over 140 mothers giving potentially life-saving umbilical cord blood since the unit opened in November 2011. 19th January 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease130112.html We are incredibly grateful to all our donors and we want them to give blood whenever they can. However, we have to observe very stringent rules on hygiene in order to ensure both the safety of our donors and the safety of those who receive blood. 13th January 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease120112.html Speaking about the appointment of Richard Archer as the Interim Implementation Manager for the development of the Cell Therapy Catapult Centre¹, Clive Ronaldson, Director of Patient Services at NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said: 12th January 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease100112.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has paid tribute to Patrick Mollinson CBE, a pioneer of blood transfusion during the Second World War, who has died at the age of 97. 10th January 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease090112.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is pleased to announce that Mr Roy Griffins has been confirmed as Non Executive Director of NHS Blood and Transplant, by the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley. 9th January 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2012/newsrelease030112.html Blood for soldiers in Afghanistan, scientific advances in transfusion and transplantation and campaigns to recruit more donors are a few of NHSBT's life saving activities that have been recognised in 2011 through a range of awards. 3rd January 2012 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease281211.html NHS Blood and Transplant is warning that a 'perfect storm' could be created by next year's bumper sporting calendar and extra bank holidays, severely affecting blood donation levels in 2012. 28th December 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease151211.html On Wednesday 14 December, the London Borough of Newham will become the first council to sign a formal partnership agreement with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) aimed at increasing organ and blood donation rates among residents. Building on the support already provided by other councils, the two year agreement will allow efforts to be sustained and momentum to be maintained in awareness-raising efforts. 15th December 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease121211.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) welcomes the NICE guideline on improving donor identification and consent for deceased organ donation, announced today. 12th December 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease071211.html An appeal is going out to O Rh negative (O-) and B Rh negative (B-) blood donors to come forward now to give blood in the run up to Christmas. 7th December 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease301111_2.html NHS Blood and Transplant's (NHSBT) current campaign to tackle the critical shortage of organ donors from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities has already achieved more than half its target to increase numbers signing up to the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR). 30th November 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease301111.html Industrial action on 30 November had the potential to affect NHS Blood and Transplant's (NHSBT) ability to hold our usual number of blood donor sessions. 30th November 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease281111.html An initiative to design a new chair aimed at improving the experience for donors giving blood has won a top innovation award for NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). 28th November 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease081111.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) welcomes any change that encourages people to discuss and support organ donation and we will work within whatever legislative framework is introduced in any of the four health administrations in the United Kingdom. 8th November 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease071111.html The permanent exclusion of men who have sex with men from donating blood has been lifted today (Monday 7 November) and replaced by a 12 month fixed period of deferral from the last relevant sexual contact. 7th November 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease021111.html Mums-to-be in central London will soon be able to donate lifesaving cord blood thanks to a new specialist collection service starting at University College Hospital (UCH) in London, on Tuesday 1 November. 2nd November 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease271011.html The NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) cord blood collection facilities at St George's Hospital, Tooting, Barnet Green Hospital and Northwich Park Hospital, move to a 24/7 service from Friday 28 October 2011. 27th October 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease201011.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) staff at Birmingham and Bristol have been shortlisted for two awards for their work in helping save lives on the front line in Afghanistan. 20th October 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease171011.html The number of people signing up to the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR) enjoyed a huge boost following the broadcast of the acclaimed documentary Transplant on BBC1 on Tuesday 4 October. 17th October 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease121011.html The Nuffield Council's Bioethics committee report endorses the systems in practice in relation to blood donation, living organ donation, altruistic cord blood donation and tissue donation for therapeutic use. 12th October 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease051011.html NHSBT shortlisted for three prestigious awards 5th October 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease041011.html "Transplant", on BBC1 tonight, tells the story of four individuals and shows the complete donor to transplant journey for the first time ever on UK TV. 4th October 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease090911.html Education scheme Give and Let Live reaches more young people 9th September 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease180711.html NHSBT sees surge in blood donors as almost 100,000 make a "Date to Donate" 18th July 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease130711.html £4 million investment in NHS stem cell services 13th July 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease110711.html The average person in the UK spends an hour waiting every day - whether it's in traffic, on public transport or in a queue*. 11th July 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease040711_2.html Transplant charity, Live Life Then Give Life, and NHS Blood and Transplant led a group of amateur singers in a flashmob. 4th July 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease040711.html The average person in the UK spends an hour waiting every day - whether it's in traffic, on public transport or in a queue*. 4th July 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease280611.html Doctors today renewed their support for changing the UK's organ donation system from informed to presumed consent. 28th May 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease230611.html The number of people on the NHS Organ Donor Register has reached a record 18 million, according to figures released today by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). 23rd May 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease150611.html Health Minister Anne Milton led by example and encouraged others to follow in her footsteps when she gave blood at the Department of Health offices in London today. 15th May 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease140611.html New data from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) today reveals an alarming generation gap amongst regular blood donors and calls for 10,000 people to 'make a date to donate. 14th May 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease070611.html Health Minister Anne Milton today reassured MPs that the current commercial effectiveness review of NHS Blood and Transplant would not result in the sale of any part of the service. 7th May 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease120511.html Unblocking the barriers to donation and transplantation at a regional level and changing public behaviour are the two priorities for NHSBT. 12th May 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease110511.html Blood plasma that becomes a by-product of the blood manufacturing process is to be made available for diagnostic and research purposes in the healthcare sector. 11th May 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease090511.html Plans to save and improve more lives through blood, organ, stem cell and tissue donation were unveiled today (9 May) with the publication of NHS Blood and Transplant's (NHSBT) strategic plan for 2011-14. 9th May 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease010411.html The NHS Blood and Transplant Board yesterday accepted the business case outlining the viability of consolidating testing activity into Manchester from Sheffield and Newcastle. 1st April 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease100311.html Appeal for ethnic minorities to join NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR) on World Kidney Day 10 March 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease090311.html The Department of Health is leading a review into the commercial effectiveness of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). 9 March 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease040311.html Black and Asian families over-rule loved ones’ decision to donate organs 4 March 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease210211.html Dr James Neuberger, NHSBT Associate Medical Director, said: "Allocating organs fairly, in a transparent way, and ensuring that patients receive the maximum benefit from a transplant are the main aims of the UK organ allocation schemes. 21 Feb 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease040211.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) welcomes the recent advances in the development of a blood test which has the potential to improve the diagnosis of symptomatic patients with suspected human prion diseases described by Professor John Collinge and colleagues in their recent report in the Lancet. 4 Feb 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease030211.html Last year the UK Stem Cell Strategic Forum, led by NHS Blood and Transplant and including Anthony Nolan, delivered a set of recommendations to ensure an additional 200 patients a year in the UK can receive a lifesaving stem cell transplant. 3 Feb 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease240111.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is on track to complete a major consolidation programme which will deliver nearly £16 million a year in savings to the NHS. 24 Jan 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease210111.html More than 1,000 people saved the lives of over 2,700 individuals last year, the highest ever, announced NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) today. 21 Jan 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease010111_2.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is celebrating a successful 2010. 1 Jan 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2011/newsrelease010111.html HS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is celebrating a record 2010. 1 Jan 2011 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease011210.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and charity Anthony Nolan today welcomed the publication of a new report setting out recommendations to save 200 patient lives a year by improving the availability and quality of stem cell transplants in the UK. 1 Dec 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease101110.html A moving new book containing the letters and photographs sent to organ donor families by patients who have received donated organs has been published for the first time. 10 Nov 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease051110.html The 300th unit of cord blood issued by the NHS Cord Blood Bank has helped save the life of a three-month-old baby with Severe Combine Immune Deficiency (SCID). 05 Nov 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease071010.html From 1 November 2010, people with Myalgic Encephalitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME) were permanently deferred from giving blood in the UK. 05 Nov 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease041110.html A record high of 3,706 transplants were carried out in the UK last year NHSBT announced today in its Annual Activity Report 2009/10. 04 Nov 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease191010_2.html A new venture for NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) Tissue Services sees its specialist research and development laboratories assisting Progenteq with the next stage in the development of the company’s novel cartilage replacement therapy. 19 Oct 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease191010.html NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) welcomes Professor Sir Gordon Duff’s independent review into mis-recording of data on the Organ Donor Register (ODR), and his finding that the issue was handled with the appropriate level of urgency, diligence and sensitivity. 19 Oct 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease220910.html Organ donation experts from around the world will meet in Cardiff this week to discuss ways of tackling the desperate shortage of organs for transplant that, in the UK alone, leads to around 1,000 deaths a year. 22 Sep 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease190810.html NHSBT welcomes this study which highlights the success of kidney transplants made possible through donors who have died from 'cardiac death'. 19 Aug 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease180810.html A major improvement programme around the production of lifesaving blood delivered savings for the NHS of £20 million last year according to NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) whose Annual Review 2009-10 was published today. 18 Aug 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease260710.html NHS Blood and Transplant's continued status as the Special Health Authority responsible for securing the safe supply of blood, organs and associated services to the NHS was confirmed today in a statement by Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, on the Arm's-Length Bodies Review. 26 Jul 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease210710.html In response to an article published on bmj.com on 21 July 2010 regarding variations between centres in terms of patients’ access to kidney transplantation, James Neuberger, Associate Medical Director of Organ Donation and Transplantation at NHSBT, said: 21 Jul 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease210610_2.html TV presenter Dallas Campbell, along with a donor who has given more than 150 units of blood over the past 43 years, helped cut the ribbon today at the re-opening of NHS Blood and Transplant’s (NHSBT) flagship blood donor centre in the heart of London’s West End. 21 Jun 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease210610.html Love it or hate it the football World Cup is now dominating our TVs, newspapers, radios and social network sites. 21 Jun 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease110610.html TV presenter Dallas Campbell along with a donor who has given more than 150 units of blood over the past 43 years are to help cut the ribbon at the re-opening of NHS Blood and Transplant's (NHSBT's) flagship blood donor centre in the heart of London's West End. 11 Jun 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease080610.html When thousands of people hail down a black cab today, there will be only one to look out for, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is offering a free cab journey to anyone willing to sign up to the Organ Donor Register (ODR) whilst in the cab. 8 Jun 2010 http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/news/2010/newsrelease030610.html Don’t let the excitement of the World Cup stop you from saving a life. 3 Jun 2010