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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.
NHS calls national blood shortage amber alert
National Amber Alert has been issued for O negative and O positive blood. O group donors are asked to urgently book and keep appointments at Donor Centres.
NHS senior leaders meet to plan how to make blood transfusion even safer
NHS senior leaders meet at the Transfusion Transformation Symposium, held by the National Blood Transfusion Committee, NHS Blood and Transplant and NHS England.
Boy’s first days outside six months after stem cell transplant from baby’s umbilical blood
Gunner Lewis-Vale received a stem cell transplant shortly after Christmas in January 2024, using umbilical cord blood cells generously donated to NHS Blood and Transplant just before Christmas 2008, 15 years earlier.
Extended blood group testing offered to everyone with sickle cell disorder, thalassaemia and transfusion-dependent rare inherited anaemias
This Sickle Cell Awareness Day, we’re sharing that nurses can offer extended blood group testing to everyone with sickle cell, thalassaemia and transfusion-dependent rare anaemias.
O positive and O negative donors asked to urgently book appointments to give blood following London hospitals IT incident
England’s top doctor has today (Monday 10 June) backed calls from NHS Blood and Transplant for O Positive and O Negative blood donors to urgently book appointments to donate following the cyber incident in London.
Genetics study points to potential treatments for restless leg syndrome
An international team of scientists, in collaboration with NHS Blood and Transplant, have discovered genetic clues to the cause of restless leg syndrome.
Statement on the Infected Blood Inquiry report
Our statement on the Infected Blood Inquiry report
79% of lifesaving NHS Blood and Transplant statisticians are female
NHS Blood and Transplant is celebrating International Women in Maths Day by highlighting that most members of the statistics team who work on the life-saving research and modelling that underpins organ, stem cell and blood donation are female.
£600,000 to address shortage of organ and blood donors from Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnic backgrounds
New funding opportunities are now available for local charities and community groups to address health inequalities for life-saving transplants or regular blood transfusions.
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