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

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

NHS Blood and Transplant hosted a joint event with Kidney Care UK with patients, MPs, ministers, and policy makers coming together to hear how more than 100,000 transplants have taken place since the creation of the NHS Organ Donor Register.

05 December 2024

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

NHS Blood and Transplant is from today creating a new warning system to detect newly emerging viruses potentially reaching the UK due to climate change.

20 November 2024

Next 6 weeks crucial for Christmas blood stocks as NHS warns of December slump in donations

11 November 2024

Grassroots groups get £600,000 Government funding to deliver projects encouraging more people of Black and Asian heritage to become blood and organ donors

06 November 2024

Five year high on number of ethnic minority patients receiving a lifesaving organ transplant - but there’s a significant drop in the number of donations

05 November 2024