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Mum leads call for better awareness of Kawasaki disease plus more blood and plasma donors to come forward and help produce life-saving medicines

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is teaming up with parents and Dr Emily MacDonagh to raise awareness of Kawasaki disease.

Londoners save tens-of-thousands of lives in the first year of the Brixton blood donor centre

More than 50,000 lives have been saved or improved in the first year of operation of London’s newest blood donor centre in Brixton, new data from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) reveals.

Cancer survivor and long-time plasma donor urges new donors to step forward this January to donate blood or plasma

Stephen Franklin, 60, from Hollywood in Worcestershire has been a dedicated plasma donor since 2020 and is now encouraging others to come forward, after a cancer diagnosis meant he can no longer donate.

Donor centres across the country each need 2,000 new platelet donors in 2026. Joining the call for more donors is Alexandra, whose son Noah has been on the receiving end of lifesaving transfusions in his treatment for cancer.

More than 8,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant. Paul, who donated his kidney as a living donor, gave the gift of life to someone. Discover how you could make a difference too.

Every donor on the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry increases the likelihood of a match for someone like 7-year-old Jensen, who is being treated for severe aplastic anaemia.