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The Latest Breaking News from NHS Blood and Transplant

Urgent NHS appeal for O-type blood donors amid national shortage

Alert comes as hospitals in England asked to restrict use of O-type blood as aftershocks of June cyber-attack continue

The Guardian - UK

Umbilical cord stem cells donated in 2008 transform life of five-year-old boy with rare genetic disorder

Gunner Lewis-Vale’s parents say they are ‘eternally grateful to the incredible mother who donated their baby’s umbilical cord’

The Independent UK

What’s my blood type? How can I donate? Everything you need to know about giving blood

Experts from NHS Blood and Transplant provide valuable insight around giving blood.

The Independent UK

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NHS alert over shortage of type-O blood following hospital cyberattack

Thousands of appointments including hundreds of urgent cancer referrals were cancelled last week

The Independent UK

Artificial cornea implant saves sight of man, 91, in NHS first

Cecil Farley says implant, which could become standard treatment, means he can still see his wife of 63 years

The Guardian - UK

Urgent plea for London blood donors not to cancel appointments as NHS admit stocks 'lower than we would like'

Officials urge anyone who has registered but not donated to come forward

Evening Standard

Major advance in transplants as monkey survives two years with pig kidney

An ‘unprecedented’ study has paved the way for the long-term use of pig organs in humans, scientists said.

The Independent UK

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Parents of three-year-old cancer patient urge others to opt in to organ donation

Ralph Tatum urgently needs a multi-organ transplant.

The Independent UK

Mural celebrates black blood donors as NHS calls for more in sickle cell fight

Artist Neequaye Dreph’s mural honours members of the black community who donate blood regularly, and encourages others to do the same.

The Independent UK

More black blood donors urgently needed, say influential Britons

Prominent names say fact that sickle cell anaemia is UK’s fastest growing genetic condition means need for blood from black donors is acute

The Guardian - UK

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

Chronicle Live

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

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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.

Manchester Evening News

'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

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The Independent UK

Mapped: Which areas will be hit hardest by NHS strikes

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

Daily Mirror

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

Wales Online

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

Manchester Evening News

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

Wales Online

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

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

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