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Joe was on a camping and walking holiday in the Lake District when it happened. Walking on Helvellyn, the third highest mountain in England, he lost his footing and fell 200m – around 60 storeys – down a slope.

A major milestone in living kidney donation history was reached recently, with the thousandth non-directed altruistic living kidney donation taking place at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.

Do you believe in love at first sight? How about love at first donation? The first time David Arnold gave blood he got more than he bargained for.

Could you be one of the “random strangers” to save a life like Aurora’s?

Plasma – the “magical fluid that can bring somebody back”

Plasma Donation Week: celebrating the life-saving donors who help people like Candi

Many people don’t realise that they can donate plasma. How much do you know about plasma donation? Check out our Q&A.

Patients being treated with for the condition with regular blood transfusions need, on average, the support of 100 donors every year. Life-saving siblings Kishma and Gemel are two of those donors

Every year, 245 babies are born with sickle cell. Marsha Howe is no stranger to the effects of the condition, having been diagnosed with it at a young age.

People who are treated for sickle cell with regular blood transfusions need the support of 100 donors every year. Marsha Howe is no stranger to the effects of living with sickle cell, having been diagnosed with it at a young age.