The Latest Breaking News from NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS issues urgent appeal for blood donors as fears grow over sickle cell treatment

Health experts say an estimated 16,000 additional volunteers are needed

The Independent UK · Sep 6

Urgent appeal for blood donors as ‘triple whammy’ of factors lead to low UK reserve

The UK’s heatwaves have majorly impacted blood donation, experts say

The Independent UK · Aug 25

Fewer kidney transplants will be ‘rejected’ thanks to new specialist programme

Experts estimate that around 100 fewer kidneys will be rejected each year.

Evening Standard · Aug 16

Urgent appeal for blood donors for sickle cell patients backed by The Independent

Doctors have less than half the amount of the type of blood needed each month to treat people with the disease in England

The Independent UK · Jun 19

Boy who lost seven litres of blood issues plea for more donors

Elliott Wills’s life was saved by emergency supplies of O negative blood, but donor numbers have declined in recent years.

Evening Standard · Jun 7

Couple fly to Turkey for life-saving liver transplant after NHS denies operation

A liver transplant is now potentially the only curative treatment option for Flo, 31, but she is unable to get the operation on the NHS

The Independent UK · May 29

More gay and bisexual men are donating blood in England after ‘landmark’ ruling

Eligibility is now based on individual circumstances surrounding health, travel and sexual behaviours

The Independent UK · May 26

Family thank donors after British baby has life-saving blood transfusion while still in the womb

Doctors think Arthur Ransom is the youngest patient in the UK to have had a blood transfusion, delivered when his mother was just 16 weeks pregnant.

The Independent UK · Apr 20

Family of UK’s youngest blood transfusion recipient express gratitude to donors

Intrauterine transfusion are needed for extremely unwell babies while they are still in the womb.

Evening Standard · Apr 20

Skin patch from organ donor helped patient spot his new lung was being rejected

Darren White, 53, was given steroids when tests showed his body was rejecting his new lung three months after his transplant.

Evening Standard · Apr 7