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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.

23 September 2024

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.

16 September 2024

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.

Dr Laura Green from NHSBT standing at London Air Ambulance helipad
13 September 2024

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.

11 September 2024

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.

22 August 2024

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.

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