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 supported the Infected Blood Inquiry

Find out how we supported 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

NHS Blood and Transplant and SHOT have been shortlisted 3 times in prestigious patient safety awards

3 different programmes - all based on improving safety through digital transformation - were recognised in the Health Service Journal Patient Safety Awards.

10 June 2026

Streamlining donor genotyping to improve platelet transfusion outcomes

A team at NHSBT developed a new method for using a platform to get more accurate results and detect rarer types, with the results just published in the International Journal of Immunogenetics.

10 June 2026

New survey indicates increase in gay blood donors since 2021 rule change

28 May 2026

First national digital organ donation drive of its kind released to NHS App users in England

21 May 2026

Blood will be matched using a new algorithm and new genomic data

20 May 2026