News and statements

UK plasma ban lifted
NHSBT welcomes the decision by Ministers to lift the ban on UK plasma for fractionation following a review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM).

New Blood Donor Centre opens in London
First-time and regular blood donors are being urged to make appointments at the new Blood Donor centre at Westfield Shepherd’s Bush Shopping Centre in London.

Coronavirus: latest advice
We’re asking blood donors to keep donating as normal unless you have been in contact with, or are currently infected by, the virus. Please read the latest advice before attending.

Mum urges blood donors to give blood over Christmas
The mum of a little boy who will need a lifesaving blood transfusion just days before Christmas is backing an NHS call for donors to make and keep an appointment to give blood over the festive period.

STRIDES study to improve blood donation
We are working in partnership with the University of Cambridge to conduct a world-leading study aiming to improve the experiences of blood donors in England.

Steering group concludes on a safe way for more men who have sex with men to give blood
Recommendations from the FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised Risk) steering group, to enable a more individualised way of assessing safe blood donations, have today been accepted in full by the Department of Health and Social Care.

Blood donor selection policy: the work of the FAIR steering group
The FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised Risk) steering group has recently concluded that donors who have had the same sexual partner in the last three months and who don’t have an STI should be eligible to donate.

Blood, plasma and platelet donors urged to stick to appointments to help NHS as first full week of second lockdown begins
Blood, plasma and platelet donors in England are being urged to stick to their appointment over the next month.

First person to donate plasma after receiving plasma for COVID
A COVID survivor has become the first person in England to receive convalescent plasma treatment and then donate convalescent plasma himself.

Funding to address shortage of blood donors among Black, Asian, mixed heritage and minority ethnic communities
New funding totalling £600,000 has been announced as part of the Government’s commitment to tackle health inequalities.