News and statements

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.

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