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It's Plasma Donation Week
This Plasma Donation Week (24-30 April) we are celebrating our amazing plasma donors and the people they help.
The most influential Black Britons join forces to campaign for more Black heritage blood donors
The most influential Black people in Britain have today joined forces to launch a new campaign aimed at increasing the number of Black blood donors.
Grassroots groups get £685,000 in Government funding
Fifty community groups and organisations across England and Wales have received a share of £685,000 funding
Popular NHS blood donor centre moves to new location within Westfield Stratford City
A popular NHS blood donation centre in Westfield Stratford City has extended its presence at the shopping centre and moved to a new floor, after becoming one of the most successful blood donor centres in England.
Get involved with our first ever Plasma Donation Week
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is holding its first ever Plasma Donation Week from 24-30 April.
Mum with incurable ‘one in a million’ disease supports need for plasma donors
A mum with an incurable, ‘one in a million’ disease is backing an appeal for people to register as plasma donors to mark tomorrow’s Rare Disease Day
NHS appeals to people who signed up last year to give blood to make 2023 the year they save lives
3 in 4 people who registered in 2022 are yet to donate
New platelet donor appeal launched for World Cancer Day
This World Cancer Day, NHS Blood and Transplant is urging blood donors who have blood types A negative, A positive and AB negative to consider switching to donating platelets.
Number of children treated for Kawasaki disease doubles prompting plea for plasma donors
More than twice as many children needed plasma medicine to treat a disease which can cause childhood heart failure, latest figures show.
Make a New Year’s resolution to help fill appointments left empty due to colds and flu
Make giving blood to save lives your New Year’s resolution and book an appointment to donate in the next few days and weeks to help ensure hospitals get the blood they need this winter.