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Schools are now teaching young people how to donate and save lives
All secondary school children in England are now being taught how to save lives through donation.
NHS urges donors to switch from giving blood to platelets for Childhood Cancer Awareness month
A new campaign by NHS Blood and Transplant throughout September aims to raise awareness of the importance of platelet donation in lifesaving cancer care.
NHS Blood and Transplant proud to support appeal for more Black blood donors in Memory of Richard Okorogheye
Bonded by Blood nationwide blood donation campaign launches in memory of 19-year-old sickle cell patient Richard Okorogheye
New and modern blood donation centre opens in Liverpool
The Liverpool blood donor centre has moved to its new permanent location.
Around 1 million blood donations a year to be used to make lifesaving plasma medicine
England’s 770,000 blood donors will begin saving lives in an extra way.
Comedian Hal Cruttenden shows his support for plasma donation
Hal donated at Stratford plasma donor centre in London and is also encouraging people to come forward and donate plasma too.
Free Guy film stars urge ‘great guys’ to give blood as NHS teams up with Twentieth Century Studios to promote donation
Hollywood A-Listers Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer are calling on film fans in England to be great guys by registering to give blood.
Critical call for Black people to donate blood as 16,000 new donors urgently needed
The sister of a teenager with sickle cell has overcome her fear of needles and donated blood for the first time to help others like her brother who lives with the devastating impact of the blood disorder.
Landmark change to blood donation eligibility rules on today’s World Blood Donor Day
New eligibility rules that will allow more men who have sex with men to donate blood, platelets and plasma come into effect this week.