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NHS Blood and Transplant


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

Discover what we do

We manage NHS blood donation services in England and transplant services across the UK. Read more about what we do.

Donate plasma

We urgently need people who have had coronavirus to volunteer to donate plasma.

This plasma is being used to help the NHS treat coronavirus patients.

Can you become a plasma donor?

English organ donation law has changed

You still have a choice whether or not you wish to become a donor.

Coronavirus update

Discover how our teams and services are responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

What you can donate

Could you donate blood, organs, stem cells or tissue?

Become a donor

Support us

Find out how to be a partner or a campaigner.

How you can help

Tell your story

Have you donated or received blood or organs?

Get in touch

Pioneering research

Find out how our world-class research is improving patient outcomes.

Explore our research

Specialist services

Diagnostic and therapeutic services provide vital support for blood transfusion, organ and stem cell transplantation.

See how they help

Performance and strategy

See how we're working to increase blood and organ donation.

View our strategies

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.

Find out more

Patient and donor stories

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

Read stories

Partnership opportunities

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

Find out more

We're taking a look back at our history

Read about pioneering discoveries in donation, transfusion and transplantation, and watch vintage donor recruitment films.

Find out more

Our newest plasma donor centre

Take a look at this Channel 5 news report showcasing our recently opened plasma donor centre in Westfield, Stratford, part of NHSBT's effort to further expand convalescent plasma collection.

Watch the report

Latest news

NHSBT scientists awarded £1.1 million for regenerative medicine research

NHSBT has been awarded £1.125 million from the Medical Research Council and Japan Agency for Medical Research to conduct research into regenerative medicine at the Stem Cell Institute in Cambridge.

18 September 2020

Record number of people from BAME backgrounds receiving lifesaving organs

But waiting lists are higher than in 2015/16.

11 September 2020

Coronavirus update

26 August 2020

Shortage of men who’ve had coronavirus offering to donate convalescent plasma

07 September 2020

Urgent request for Asian people who’ve had COVID to donate plasma

21 August 2020