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The Latest Breaking News from NHS Blood and Transplant

Campaign launched as more black blood donors urgently needed

The latest data from NHS Blood and Transplant shows that just 1% of active blood donors in England are black.

The Independent UK

Community groups get £685,000 to boost Black and Asian blood and organ donations

The Community Grants Programme, managed by NHS Blood and Transplant, distributed the funds to some fifty organisations which include the Sickle Cell Society

The Independent UK

'He's living on': Organ donors who gave gift of life to others honoured with special award

Meet the North East organ donators who received the Order of St John Award for Organ Donation in recognition for the lives they saved following their tragic deaths

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Forest Hall bereaved mum's pride as son's heart lives on through organ donation

Honey's decision to donate Connor's heart not only helps another man live, it feels like he's "still alive somewhere"

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Cramlington dad killed on night out helps save the lives of four people through organ donation

Danny Humble had been enjoying his first night out since lockdown restrictions eased in May 2021 and was walking home with his girlfriend when he was attacked by a group of teenagers

Chronicle Live

AI picks out transplant organs ‘with much greater accuracy than humans’

A new project is being backed by ministers, NHS Blood and Transplant and the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit.

The Independent UK

Mum with incurable disease calls for Londoners to donate plasma

A mum with an incurable disease has backed an appeal for Londoners to register as plasma donors to mark Rare Disease Day.

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'I thought my bruises were from playing netball - I could never have imagined the truth'

Lynsey Gregory had just given birth to her daughter when she got the devastating news

Manchester Evening News

Mapped: Which areas will be hit hardest by NHS strikes

RCN has announced walkouts at more than 120 NHS employers in England

The Independent UK

More than 10,000 extra ambulance workers vote to strike in ANOTHER huge escalation

Unison today accused the government of 'being on another planet' as the row over pay and safety deepens - with four ambulance services as well as staff at NHS Blood and Transplant and Great Ormond Street Hospital voting to strike after being re-balloted

Daily Mirror

Thousands more ambulance workers set to join strikes over pay and staffing

Union says most parts of England will now be covered by industrial action

Wales Online

Manchester blood donors urged to donate in 2023 and save lives

Roughly one-third of those in Manchester registered to Give Blood are yet to make a donation which could save lives

Manchester Evening News

More than 200,000 first-time blood donors still to be booked in, NHS says

Staffing shortages meant people registered but were unable to make appointments

Wales Online

Number of children with deadly heart disease possibly linked to Covid doubles

The NHS is asking people to donate plasma to help fight the illness

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The Independent UK

Black patients reveal trauma of organ donor shortage after decade-long wait

Primrose Granville described the trauma of watching her mother and daughter wait for a transplant before she herself needed a new kidney

Evening Standard

Six in 10 awaiting organ transplant in London are black or Asian as NHS appeals for donors

The NHS has appealed for more donors from ethnic minority backgrounds to come forward

Manchester Evening News

Urgent appeal as blood donations fail amid skyrocketing cold and flu cases

December saw the highest number of cancelled appointments of winter so far - this January will see 'the annual low point' of blood stocks, the NHS is warning

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South Tyneside teacher who owes life to 42 blood donors backs urgent call for people in the North East to donate

Keri Anglin, 45, suffered a terrifying haemorrhage seven years ago. As a result, she more than most knows how vital blood donations can be.

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Pioneering Leeds centre leading the way with hand transplants

Professor Simon Kay's 30-strong team at at Leeds General Infirmary is the only centre in the UK which does such specialist work

Manchester Evening News

Scheme launched to address shortage of donors from black, Asian and mixed ethnic backgrounds

"We are asking more people from black, Asian and mixed ethnic backgrounds to help us to address the health inequalities that many people from these backgrounds may face."

Leeds Live

'Fit and healthy' Leeds dad collapsed and died as he ran errand hours after seeing first scan of his baby

Paul Thompson, 49, had just been to the hospital with his wife Lisa when he had a brain haemorrhage

Daily Mirror

'Someone else now has my daughter's eyes - she has saved so many lives after her sudden death'

Nazia Majeed's initial reaction was that she couldn't 'let anyone take anything out of her baby's body' but she has now spoken of the immense pride and comfort Maham's organ donation has brought to her and the family

Manchester Evening News

'Sometimes it is very surreal, sometimes it hits me' - Young woman died suddenly at 21 but her choice saved lives

Maham Majeed has received a posthumous organ donation honour

The Independent UK

NHS searching for 5,000 new O negative blood donors in mass testing campaign

The NHS said it is the first ever mass home blood type testing campaign in the UK.

Manchester Evening News

‘Not family, but blood’ - Siblings on mission to encourage more black blood donors

There is a critical shortage of blood donations from people of a Black heritage

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