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

Dr Laura Green from NHSBT standing at London Air Ambulance helipad

Patient recruitment to the NHSBT-led SWIFT trial finishes three months ahead of schedule

Thanks to the great support of partners including Air Ambulances and hospitals around the country, we have finished patient recruitment to the SWIFT trial three months early.

13 September 2024

NHS plea for more donors of Black heritage – as three quarters of blood needed for sickle cell patients is used in London

New figures released by NHSBT show that last year 210 donations of blood were needed each day for treating patients with sickle cell disease across England, with over three quarters of this blood needed by hospitals in London.

11 September 2024

NHS Blood and Transplant explain the science of blood groups during a new documentary 'Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body'

22 August 2024

Drones successfully fly blood packs in longest ever ‘beyond visual line of sight’ flights in UK first

21 August 2024

Parents of 11-week-old baby who needs urgent heart transplant urge families to think about organ donation

09 August 2024