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World Book Day gift to Manchester primary school pupils aims to inspire a new generation of Black heritage blood donors

To mark World Book Day NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is giving hundreds of primary school pupils across Manchester a free children's book to help inspire a new generation of Black heritage blood donors.

Mum leads call for better awareness of Kawasaki disease plus more blood and plasma donors to come forward and help produce life-saving medicines

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is teaming up with parents and Dr Emily MacDonagh to raise awareness of Kawasaki disease.

Londoners save tens-of-thousands of lives in the first year of the Brixton blood donor centre

More than 50,000 lives have been saved or improved in the first year of operation of London’s newest blood donor centre in Brixton, new data from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) reveals.

Donor centres across the country each need 2,000 new platelet donors in 2026. Joining the call for more donors is Alexandra, whose son Noah has been on the receiving end of lifesaving transfusions in his treatment for cancer.

More than 8,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant. Paul, who donated his kidney as a living donor, gave the gift of life to someone. Discover how you could make a difference too.

Every donor on the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry increases the likelihood of a match for someone like 7-year-old Jensen, who is being treated for severe aplastic anaemia.