NHS Blood and Transplant


We help people do something extraordinary - donate blood, organs, tissues or stem cells to save someone in need

What you can donate

Could you donate blood, plasma, platelets, organs, stem cells or tissue?

Become a donor

Support us

Find out how to be a partner or a campaigner.

How you can help

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Have you donated or received blood or organs?

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Pioneering research

Find out how our world-class research is improving patient outcomes.

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Specialist services

Diagnostic and therapeutic services provide vital support for blood transfusion, organ and stem cell transplantation.

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Performance and strategy

See how we're working to increase blood and organ donation.

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How we help

Our service is vital for those needing transfusions and transplants. We're working hard to save and transform lives in the UK and beyond.

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How we are working with the Infected Blood Inquiry

Find out how we're supporting the Infected Blood Inquiry with its search for truth and justice for all those whose lives have been so tragically affected.

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Our response to the Government's 10 Year Health Plan

Read about what we would like to see covered in the Government’s 10 Year Health Plan.

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Partnership opportunities

Could you help us to reach a wider audience, encourage more donors and save more lives?

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Take a look back at our history

Read about pioneering discoveries in donation, transfusion and transplantation, and watch vintage donor recruitment films.

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What happens after you give blood?

Take a video tour of our blood centre in Filton to see the testing and manufacturing process in action.

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Latest news

NHSBT is collecting and storing the white blood cells used in a pioneering 'sci-fi' drug

The BBC this week reported on some of the first patients receiving the treatment, with one happy man describing it as 'very sci-fi'

16 January 2026

First NHS organ donation flight and organ retrieval in Gibraltar

For the first time, an NHS organ donation has been carried out in Gibraltar.

15 January 2026

NHS issues 1000th unit of baby umbilical cord blood for stem cell transplants

12 January 2026

10 ‘superdonors’ in England have made dedicated blood, plasma, platelet and stem cell donations through the NHS

29 December 2025

NHSBT’s Dr Su Brailsford appointed chair of a safety committee at the Department of Health and Social Care.

28 November 2025