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Jenny Cairns almost died after the birth of her son, Charlie, when she haemorrhaged very severely. Donated blood saved her life.

Dave received platelets during his treatment for leukaemia. His wife, Holly, shares their story.

An ambitious initiative to boost organ donation around the world.

April 7th marked the first-year anniversary of NHS Blood and Transplant collecting plasma to make life-saving medicine.

Blood clotting, also called coagulation, is an important process that reduces bleeding when we are injured. It happens whenever a blood vessel is damaged, whether the injury is a scratch on the skin or something more serious.

Jonathan Simpson started to donate five years ago to help others. In September 2021, he lost half of his blood volume and needed life-saving transfusions himself.

Now approaching the tail end of the roadmap for our strategy, and with our responsibility to the environment greater than ever, meeting the sustainability targets we set in 2015 has come into sharper focus.

Bibi received blood and platelets, saving her and her baby after a rare complication during pregnancy.

We’ve made further changes to the questions we ask our donors in order to be more inclusive.

There is a busy calendar of organ donation themed events and campaigns ahead this year.