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Which product saves more lives when someone bleeds after heart surgery – new trial recruits first patients
A new trial led by NHS Blood and Transplant and Queen Mary University of London has started investigating whether giving a clotting factor to people who bleed after heart surgery will help save and improve more lives.
Donated placenta used to help save man’s sight after acid attack
Paul Laskey, 43, from Newcastle, suffered a severe chemical burn to his eye after an acid attack. Grafts made from the lining of a donated placenta were used to stabilise his eye and avoid further deterioration, to help to save Mr Laskey’s sight.
London’s key emergency services back call for more life-saving O negative blood donations
London’s Air Ambulance, London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade have come together to support NHS Blood and Transplant’s appeal for donors.
The NHSBT-led RESTORE trial into growing blood featured in The New Yorker
RESTORE is the first trial in the world to transfuse lab-grown red blood cells into other people and features in The New Yorker magazine.
Brixton honours sickle cell pioneer at unique new NHS blood donor centre specifically designed to inspire the local community to give blood
A plaque honouring the lifesaving work of the country’s first sickle cell nurse counsellor, Dame Elizabeth Anionwu OM, will be unveiled at London’s newest and boldest blood donor centre in the heart of Brixton, on Wednesday 22 January.
Chief Medical Officer, Dr Gail Miflin, recognised for services to blood and plasma in New Year’s Honours
NHS Blood and Transplant’s (NHSBT) Chief Medical Officer, Dr Gail Miflin, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list for services to blood and plasma.
Fantastic response to BBC Casualty's Christmas special on blood donation
The NHS has hailed a fantastic response to the BBC Casualty Christmas special which saw a huge uplift in bookings.
A way to test the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape developed
Scientists have developed a way of assessing the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape, which could improve specialist transplant and transfusion practice as well as blood banking.
More than half the children transformed into dolls as part of an award-winning national organ donation campaign have now received a lifesaving transplant in time for Christmas
More than half of a group of children who were transformed into handmade dolls have received their life-saving organ transplants in time for Christmas. But hundreds of children are still waiting for a gift Santa can’t bring.
Mum who received 65 units of blood products before last Christmas supports blood appeal
Adele Darlington, who needed blood products after suffering a massive bleed while giving birth a year ago, has met the NHS staff who urgently sent blood to the hospital.
MPs help celebrate the 100,000 lives saved through organ donation in the UK over the last 30 years
NHS Blood and Transplant hosted a joint event with Kidney Care UK with patients, MPs, ministers, and policy makers coming together to hear how more than 100,000 transplants have taken place since the creation of the NHS Organ Donor Register.
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