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Convalescent plasma donations for COVID-19 restarting
NHS Blood and Transplant is restarting COVID-19 convalescent plasma donations, after discussions with the Department of Health and Social Care.
RECOVERY trial stops treating patients with convalescent plasma
Interim results do not show evidence that convalescent plasma has an overall benefit on patient outcomes in moderately ill people.
Update on plasma donations needed to complete trials
If you've had COVID please continue donating plasma to support the conclusion of the trials.
Statement: the coronavirus variant and convalescent plasma
There's no evidence that the B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant evolved from a patient treated with plasma
Millie Banerjee reappointed Chair of NHS Blood and Transplant
We are pleased to announce that Millie Banerjee has today been reappointed as Chair of NHS Blood and Transplant. Her reappointment will run for three years from 1 June 2021.
Steering group concludes on a safe way for more men who have sex with men to give blood
Recommendations from the FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised Risk) steering group, to enable a more individualised way of assessing safe blood donations, have today been accepted in full by the Department of Health and Social Care.
Appeal for Teeside people who were hospitalised with COVID to donate blood plasma
NHS Blood and Transplant needs more people from Teeside who were in hospital with COVID-19 to donate blood plasma.
New Therapeutic Apheresis Services Unit opens at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool
New unit opened at state-of-the-art cancer centre in Liverpool.
Welsh Health Minister celebrates that ‘Opt-out organ donation scheme has transformed lives’
Five years ago Wales led the way in the UK by introducing a soft opt-out system of organ donation.
Transfusion 2024: A five-year strategy to make transfusion care safer across NHS
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC) have published the Transfusion 2024 report for NHS providers and other key stakeholders today (3 December).
Appeal for more seriously ill COVID survivors to donate plasma
New data shows only 5% agree despite making best donors
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