NHS Blood and Transplant


We help people do something extraordinary - donate blood, organs, tissues or stem cells to save someone in need

What you can donate

Could you donate blood, plasma, platelets, organs, stem cells or tissue?

Become a donor

Support us

Find out how to be a partner or a campaigner.

How you can help

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Have you donated or received blood or organs?

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Pioneering research

Find out how our world-class research is improving patient outcomes.

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Specialist services

Diagnostic and therapeutic services provide vital support for blood transfusion, organ and stem cell transplantation.

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Performance and strategy

See how we're working to increase blood and organ donation.

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How we help

Our service is vital for those needing transfusions and transplants. We're working hard to save and transform lives in the UK and beyond.

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How we are working with the Infected Blood Inquiry

Find out how we're supporting the Infected Blood Inquiry with its search for truth and justice for all those whose lives have been so tragically affected.

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Partnership opportunities

Could you help us to reach a wider audience, encourage more donors and save more lives?

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Take a look back at our history

Read about pioneering discoveries in donation, transfusion and transplantation, and watch vintage donor recruitment films.

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What happens after you give blood?

Take a video tour of our blood centre in Filton to see the testing and manufacturing process in action.

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Latest news

A way to test the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape developed

Scientists have developed a way of assessing the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape, which could improve specialist transplant and transfusion practice as well as blood banking.

19 December 2024

More than half the children transformed into dolls as part of an award-winning national organ donation campaign have now received a lifesaving transplant in time for Christmas

More than half of a group of children who were transformed into handmade dolls have received their life-saving organ transplants in time for Christmas. But hundreds of children are still waiting for a gift Santa can’t bring.

16 December 2024

Mum who received 65 units of blood products before last Christmas supports blood appeal

09 December 2024

MPs help celebrate the 100,000 lives saved through organ donation in the UK over the last 30 years

05 December 2024

New blood donation monitoring for viruses which could be driven to the UK by climate change

20 November 2024