News and statements
Response to London incident
Our thoughts are with everyone affected in London. We have all the blood hospitals currently need and no urgent donations are required.
Response to Manchester incident
In the hours following the incident, our Blood Centre in Manchester responded to requests for blood from the hospitals treating the casualties.
Cameroon footballers from Manchester support call for more black blood donors
FOOTBALL team players are urging fellow black people to give blood.
NHS initiative drives blood and organ donation in Hillingdon
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Blood and Transplant are working together to promote organ and blood donation to people throughout Hillingdon.
Don’t Just Give Up - Give Blood
A new online survey* carried out by NHS Blood and Transplant, found that 70% of 2,126 adults aged 16-79 in England did not make a New Year’s resolution in 2016.
NHS Blood and Transplant donate bloodmobile to Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Health
On Wednesday 23 November NHS Blood and Transplant will donate a decommissioned bloodmobile to Antigua and Barbuda
Star line up call on the black and Asian community to #Represent
MOBO partners with NHS Blood and Transplant to launch celebrity-fronted campaign to recruit a new generation of blood donors.
Missing Type campaign inspires 24,000 new blood donors
The Missing Type campaign to highlight the need for more new donors has inspired 24,000 people across England to sign up to give blood.
Royal Shakespeare Company actors back campaign for new blood donors
BLOODY scenes aplenty feature in Shakespeare’s works. But three Royal Shakespeare Company actors have stepped from the stage and into the donation chair to give blood for real.
70 years of life saving blood donations
Volunteer blood donors have been helping to save lives for 70 years. Now, NHS Blood and Transplant is calling on young people to be the blood donors of the future, as they celebrate the creation of the National Blood Transfusion Service 70 years ago.