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Black London runners take on the Big Half to put blood donation at the heart of the community
A group of Black London runners will take to the streets of the capital for the Big Half on Sunday 6 September, to encourage more people of Black heritage to discover their blood type, register as blood donors and help save lives.
Bristol brothers whose lives depend on plasma medicines go behind the scenes of blood and plasma processing
2 brothers from Bristol visited NHS Blood and Transplant's largest blood testing and processing facility in Filton to see first-hand how blood donations help create the life-saving treatments they rely on.
Global blood services unite in a call for more donors
Blood services around the world are calling for more people to donate regularly as a range of pressures – from extreme weather and seasonal illness to changing donation patterns – challenge blood supplies.
NHS donor plea to fill over 60,000 appointments available over next 6 weeks as hot weather, holidays and high demand hits vital blood stocks
An urgent appeal has been issued to blood and platelet donors across England to help fill over 60,000 appointments available across the country as the NHS faces a significant shortfall in blood stocks.
Metallica concert NHSBT Charity Prize Draw
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Metallica blood donation giveaway starts as hot weather hits blood stocks
Metallica are teaming up with NHS Blood and Transplant to call on fans across England to book a blood donation and help save lives, as the band continues the UK leg of their worldwide M72 tour.
"Plasma saved my dad's life" – daughter donates plasma in honour of father who beat cancer and Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Lauren Marshall, 37, from Alcester, Warwickshire, began donating plasma before her father Tony was ever diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Emergency LOW-GOS: High profile partners lend their logos to highlight sickle cell blood stock shortage
NHS Blood and Transplant has launched a new digital out of home campaign to highlight low blood stocks of vital blood types needed to treat sickle cell in England.
Simply Sayo Calls on Young Black Londoners to Give Blood During National Blood Week with her ‘It Takes a Village’ campaign
Content creator Adesayo Talabi, also known as Simply Sayo, is calling on more young people, particularly those from Black heritage communities, to roll up their sleeves and donate blood.
Boy who lost 3 times his body’s volume of blood thanks donors for ‘the birthday I didn’t think I would have’
A boy saved by a major emergency transfusion after losing 7 litres of blood is urging more people to donate as the NHS reveals fewer people are donating critical blood types – including vital O negative that saved his life.