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Calvin was diagnosed with sickle cell disorder at just six months old and holds the record – at two years and eight months – of the longest inpatient stay at University College London Hospital.

Following a motorcycle accident, Andrew Smith’s life was saved after receiving blood. Last year, alongside other amputees, Andrew took on one of the most challenging sea swims in the world.

When he was suddenly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 2021, my late 74-year-old father, Sam Thomas received countless transfusions of red blood cells and platelets.

Live A Day in the Life of NHS Blood and Transplant’s Becci Guest, whose son Mike receives medicines made from donated plasma to treat Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

“Mom was told she had six weeks to live,” explains Steph. “That was 20 years ago. She is now the longest living small-cell lung cancer patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.”

Statement from Peter Wyman, Chair, for and on behalf of NHS Blood and Transplant.

More than 50,000 people are alive today due to the incredible gift of organ donation. We are encouraging people to come together to celebrate the gift of life…

Over the next five years, a million new blood donors will be needed in order to meet the needs of patients.

New ‘female-friendly’ machines at plasma donor centres are enabling more lifesaving donations, almost doubling the number of women who are able to give plasma…

While most donated blood is used clinically, your donation and by-products from the donation process could also be used to save lives in less direct ways, such as understanding medical conditions.