News and statements
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.
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.
Billy Blood Drop goes to University
Billy Blood Drop is going to University to help you find your local donor centre
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Celebrating our plasma donors this Plasma Donation Week
Our amazing plasma donors share their stories, and encourage others to sign up to donate.
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.