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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.
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.
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.
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.
More than 100,000 lives saved through organ donation in the UK over last 30 years
This Organ Donation Week (23rd – 29th September) NHS Blood and Transplant is celebrating the fact that more than 100,000 lives have been saved over the last 30 years thanks to people agreeing to donate their organs.
NHS Blood and Transplant-led team discovers new blood group system MAL
NHS blood detectives have discovered a new blood group system, MAL, the 47th system to be discovered. This will enable better transfusion care for the very rare people who are AnWj negative, a blood type within the MAL blood group.
Patient recruitment to the NHSBT-led SWIFT trial finishes three months ahead of schedule
Thanks to the great support of partners including Air Ambulances and hospitals around the country, we have finished patient recruitment to the SWIFT trial three months early.
NHS plea for more donors of Black heritage – as three quarters of blood needed for sickle cell patients is used in London
New figures released by NHSBT show that last year 210 donations of blood were needed each day for treating patients with sickle cell disease across England, with over three quarters of this blood needed by hospitals in London.
NHS Blood and Transplant explain the science of blood groups during a new documentary 'Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body'
NHS Blood and Transplant's Bristol blood processing site will feature during a new documentary where we explain the science of blood groups.
Drones successfully fly blood packs in longest ever ‘beyond visual line of sight’ flights in UK first
Blood packs have been successfully flown by drone in a series of ‘beyond visual line of sight’ flights, for the first time in the UK.
Parents of 11-week-old baby who needs urgent heart transplant urge families to think about organ donation
The parents of a baby who urgently needs a heart transplant are calling on families to think about organ donation. William Jones, 11 weeks old, is currently the youngest child in the UK on the urgent heart transplant waiting list.
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