News and campaigns

Latest news

Stories, press releases and statements.

Statement on Freedom to Donate and Unilad’s ‘Illegal Blood Bank’ campaign

Freedom to Donate and Unilad have jointly launched the ‘Illegal Blood Bank’ campaign. NHS Blood and Transplant is not part of this campaign and this is not organised through the FAIR group.

Men need to give blood a try

New partnership with BT Sport aims to target men, who are nearly half as likely to start donating blood as women.

Blood donation teams train with 'night vision' technology

NHS Blood and Transplant is now using vein scanners to help train donor carers to carry out venepunctures for blood donation.

Campaigns

We run various campaigns to find the 135,000 new donors we need each year and encourage them to carry on donating.

#Date2Donate

Mim Shaikh and Harry Pinero chat about their friend Cadet, the Eid of sacrifice and the Arabic alphabet, all while giving blood.

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The Donor

Remarkable stories from the world of giving blood.

Improving your online service

We’ve been working hard to make improvements to both the website and the app based on the feedback we have received.

Focus on plasma

It’s the biggest component of blood and donated plasma helps save lives. Our resident experts, Mike Wiltshire and Lucy Bower, take a closer look.

Helping little Ezrah

How one little boy is being treated for sickle cell disease.

Media enquiries

Get information about blood donation, arrange a visit and find expert spokespeople.

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Out of hours phone: 0117 969 2444

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