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

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

The BBC is today covering concerns, issues and recommendations about heart and lung transplantation in the UK.

24 March 2026

NHS starts machine preservation programme to enable more transplants

NHS Blood and Transplant has opened the first of 15 pilot assessment and recovery centres (ARC), where selected donated organs will be preserved and assessed so more can be transplanted.

17 March 2026

Somerset man amongst first patients to get groundbreaking 'living drug' for blood cancer, after cells collected in Bristol

05 March 2026

Delighted mum gives birth to baby boy following groundbreaking womb transplant, thanks to pioneering research programme

24 February 2026

Transplant couple make Valentine’s Day plea as they face wait for kidney

16 February 2026