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London’s Caribbean street food king creates ‘food for thought’ to help recruit blood donors and save lives
As part of National Blood Week, Caribbean Street food company Port Royal Patties has joined forces with the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) to deploy 180,000 Jamaican patties with a lifesaving message across the capital.
NHS in England calls for 1 million people to donate blood to secure the nation’s blood supply
This National Blood Week (9 to 15 June) the NHS is calling on 1 million people in England to give blood - and help create the country's largest volunteering force - to stabilise the nation's blood supply.
‘I thought my blood was completely ordinary’ - Woman called up to save a life with rare blood
A donorwith rare blood has spoken about being called up to help save the life of particular patient. Julia Gryn, 27, of Thornton Heath, London, is on NHS Blood and Transplant’s (NHSBT) Rare Donor Panel.
Number of life-saving stem cell donations by Black, Asian and mixed ethnicity donors is at a 10-year high
New figures show the number of life-saving stem cell donations by Black, Asian and mixed ethnicity donors is at a 10-year high, having doubled since 2015/2016.
‘Before midnight blood’ cells helped save life of woman calling for more donors
A woman saved by special ‘before midnight’ transfusions has urged more people to donate blood as the NHS makes an urgent appeal.
Man travels 10,000 miles to meet the stranger who saved his life
A man has travelled over 10,000 miles to meet the stranger who saved his life by donating his stem cells through the NHS Stem Cell Donor Registry.
Southport community unites for ‘inspiring’ blood donation session backed by the family of Elsie Dot Stancombe
Almost 100 people have given blood at an ‘inspiring’ donation session supported by the family of Elsie Dot Stancombe, one of the young victims of the tragic Southport attack last summer.
NHS donor plea to fill 50,000 appointments as four Bank Holidays in just six weeks impact vital blood stocks
A critical appeal has been issued to blood and platelet donors across England to help fill over 50,000 available appointments at town and city centre donor centres as the NHS warns of a looming shortfall in blood stocks.
Powered by blood donors: Patient with blood condition takes on first marathon
Chloë Adlerstein, 32, a London-based thalassaemia patient who relies on blood transfusions every two weeks is taking on the mammoth task of running this year's London Marathon, raising vital funds for UK Thalassaemia Society.
Blood recipient meets the blood donor who helped save her life after crash
A blood donor had an emotional TV meeting with the woman whose life he helped save after a horrific motorbike accident.