The Donor

News and information for blood donors

With 6,000 donations needed every day, there’s never a shortage of remarkable stories emerging from the world of giving blood – be they from the research lab, the hospital bed, or the donor chair.

The Donor is a quarterly newsletter that brings those stories to the fore: stories that may inspire you or make you laugh or cry, but should, more than anything, help you to feel proud of the amazing, compassionate, and generous thing you’re doing every time you donate.

In the winter 2018 issue

Coming back for more

Journalist and best-selling author Caitlin Moran on being a donor again

Give the best gift of all this Christmas

Please make and keep a date to donate this festive season

The right type

Sickle cell patients like Miai rely on carefully-matched blood

Helping premature babies

A study evaluating platelet transfusions in premature babies has yielded unexpected results

Working out what the future holds for patients

Dr Nick Watkins highlights the exciting projects that our scientists are leading

Mums say, "Thank you!"

This festive season, three mums remember how blood donors gave them the gift of life

Other articles

A message from Sally Johnson, interim chief executive News - winter 2018 Changes are coming Call for blood donors to help with kidney transplant study

Get in touch

Share your news, views and interesting or unusual donor stories by emailing thedonor@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Previous issues

Missed an issue of The Donor? Catch up with past editions here