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We stand for hope. We stand for life


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

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There is an urgent need for more blood and organ donors.

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Find out how to become a partner or campaigner.

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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. What are they and how do they help?

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A strategy for action

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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Patient and donor stories

Amazing real life stories from the people affected by blood and organ donation.

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Partnership opportunities

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

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We're taking 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

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More black, Asian and minority ethnic people are becoming organ donors, but shortage remains critical

More black, Asian and minority ethnic people are giving the gift of life through organ donation and receiving lifesaving transplants than ever before, but too many donation opportunities are being missed.

05 September 2019
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Need for families to talk about organ donation as 2,500 potential transplants missed last year

Figures released during Organ Donation Week 2019 show around 2,500 organs, each representing an opportunity for transplant, were missed in the last year because families said no to donating their relative’s organs.

03 September 2019

Immortalised blood cell lines enable new studies of malaria invasion

29 August 2019

Marking 40 years since the UK’s first successful heart transplant

20 August 2019

NHS Blood and Transplant partners on study to help with shortage of eye donors

07 August 2019