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09 December 2024

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.

05 December 2024

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.

20 November 2024

New blood donation monitoring for viruses which could be driven to the UK by climate change

NHS Blood and Transplant is from today creating a new warning system to detect newly emerging viruses potentially reaching the UK due to climate change.

11 November 2024

Next 6 weeks crucial for Christmas blood stocks as NHS warns of December slump in donations

The NHS in England is urging donors to book and stick to their appointments in the lead up to Christmas to ensure we have the blood needed by hospitals this Christmas.

06 November 2024

Grassroots groups get £600,000 Government funding to deliver projects encouraging more people of Black and Asian heritage to become blood and organ donors

Community groups and organisations across England and Wales have received a share of funding as part of the Government’s commitment to continue to tackle health inequalities and promote blood and organ donation among Black and Asian communities.

05 November 2024

Five year high on number of ethnic minority patients receiving a lifesaving organ transplant - but there’s a significant drop in the number of donations

A new report published today by NHS Blood and Transplant shows a five year high on the number of patients of Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds receiving an organ transplant.

31 October 2024

Married couple beat odds of 1 in 4 million to both donate stem cells

The London couple, originally from India, are now calling on others of South Asian heritage to sign up to the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry.

18 October 2024

Alton Towers Resort help tackle blood donor shortage

Alton Towers Resort is helping the NHS tackle the urgent shortage of blood donors this winter - through a spine-tingling partnership.

18 October 2024

Businesses to offer ‘Donate Breaks’ so donors can give blood during working day

In a major move to tackle the ongoing blood shortage in England, leading commercial organisations have pledged to give employees 'Donate Breaks’ - dedicated time off to donate blood during their working day.

14 October 2024

NHS successfully develops world first national liver transplant priority for patients with high mortality liver disease

People with an often fatal liver condition are for the first time successfully being prioritised transplants thanks to a world-leading NHS change.

04 October 2024

NHS needs one person to register as a lifesaving stem cell donor every 20 minutes – and now younger women can join too

NHS Blood and Transplant campaign reveals it needs 30,000 under-40s to join its Stem Cell Donor Registry every year – one every 20 minutes. As part of the drive, all women aged 17-40 can now join the register.

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