News and statements

14 September 2023

Birmingham plasma donor centre reopens at new site

Birmingham’s Plasma Donor Centre is today [Thursday, September 14] holding a reopening ceremony following a move, modernisation and expansion to bring in 5,500 more plasma donations a year.

08 September 2023

Donate differently and give platelets this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

We need more of our A negative, A positive and AB negative giving types to donate differently and give platelets.

08 September 2023

Billy Blood Drop goes to University

Billy Blood Drop is going to University to help you find your local donor centre

07 September 2023

Urgent NHS plea for more donors of Black heritage during Sickle Cell Awareness Month

A husband and wife who rely on 200 people a year to save their lives are backing an urgent call from the NHS for more blood donors from the Black community to help people with sickle cell.

05 July 2023

Bedford blood donor Jill shares 75th birthday with NHS

Jill Johnston from Bedford, who is a regular blood donor at Cambridge donor centre, is celebrating her 75th birthday on the same day as the NHS this week.

26 June 2023

Ban lifted on use of UK plasma to manufacture life-saving albumin treatments

Leading scientists at the independent Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) have confirmed that albumin, a critically important medicine for the NHS, can now be safely derived from UK plasma donors.

22 June 2023

Dalgety Teas to support the NHS to reach 100,000 potential new blood donors of Black heritage

People of Black heritage are being encouraged to save lives by becoming a blood donor as part of a new partnership between NHS Blood and Transplant and Dalgety Teas.

12 June 2023

Black heritage donors giving blood in record numbers

More people than ever before of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage are saving lives by giving blood.

29 April 2023

Celebrating our plasma donors this Plasma Donation Week

Our amazing plasma donors share their stories, and encourage others to sign up to donate.

27 April 2023

Mum who has serious illness visits and thanks plasma donors for Plasma Donation Week

A mum whose serious illness is treated by plasma medicine has visited the Reading Plasma Donor Centre to thank staff and donors during the first ever Plasma Donation Week.