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 are working with the Infected Blood Inquiry

Find out how we're supporting 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

Virtual reality eye retrieval programme helps make more sight-saving cornea transplants available for patients

A ‘world first’ training programme, created by NHS Blood and Transplant's Tissue and Eye Services and Digital Learning Teams, will help to increase the number of sight-saving corneas available for transplant across the UK.

28 April 2026

Teen with rare blood disorder needed more 100 units of specialist matched platelets to enable groundbreaking brain surgery

A teenager with an extremely rare blood disorder was well enough for groundbreaking brain tumour surgery at Sheffield Children's Hospital thanks to specialist support from NHS Blood and Transplant.

23 April 2026

“Skin patch turning purple helped me spot lung rejection” says transplant patient in pioneering trial

08 April 2026

BBC coverage of heart and lung donation and transplantation in the UK

24 March 2026

The conclusion of a major NHSBT led trial now being published in the world’s leading health journal.

19 March 2026