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NHS makes ‘urgent’ call for black blood donors

The NHS has issued an urgent call for more black blood donors. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said that a record level of blood donations are now needed every day to treat people with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is particularly common ...

06 Oct 2022 at 01:01

New method of preserving donated kidneys ‘could mean fewer organs wasted’

A new method of preserving donated kidneys could reduce the number of organs being discarded, experts have suggested. Kidney Research UK revealed that around 100 kidneys could potentially be saved for transplant each year after being retrieved from ...

26 Sept 2022 at 01:01

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Family tell how knowing mum’s decision to be an organ donor helped when she died

The family of a woman who became an organ donor in 2020 have backed a new Scottish Government campaign highlighting how important it is to share the decision to donate with loved ones. Gail Maskell suffered a sudden cardiac arrest, aged 51, and ...

27 Jul 2022 at 11:45

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Families of children waiting for heart transplant appeal for donors

The families of five children waiting for a heart transplant have joined together to ask people to consider becoming organ donors. Since the pandemic the number of available organs has dropped, leading to extremely poorly children waiting even ...

21 Jul 2022 at 19:33

Families of children waiting for heart transplant appeal for donors

21 Jul 2022 at 16:19

Kidney transplants plummeted during pandemic, figures show

The number of kidney transplants fell significantly last year, new figures show. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said that there was a dramatic 32% fall in kidney transplants last year compared to pre-pandemic. Almost 4,600 people are ...

10 Mar 2022 at 01:25

‘Waiting for a kidney during the pandemic made life so much harder’

A 23-year old student has said that waiting for a kidney transplant during the pandemic made life “so much harder”. Alisha Gokani, from Kent, is one of 4,658 patients in the UK waiting for a kidney transplant and has been on the list ...

10 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Man who received world-first pig heart transplant dies

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died two months after the ground-breaking surgery. David Bennett, died on Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in the US. British experts have watched the ...

09 Mar 2022 at 21:55

British charity’s blood donor record bid aims to save 150,000 lives

A British charity attempting to set a world record for the most blood donations given in one day has said giving blood is one of the “easiest and best things” a person can do. The #GlobalBloodHeroes record bid, organised by Muslim ...

28 Aug 2022 at 19:12

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Minister makes appeal for new donors for human milk bank

More donors are needed for Northern Ireland’s only human milk bank – which helps premature and seriously ill babies, the health minister has said. Robin Swann visited the facility at the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen, ...

22 Aug 2022 at 20:33

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Minister makes appeal for new donors for human milk bank

22 Aug 2022 at 20:33

Donors from Carlow wanted for human milk bank as Minister makes appeal

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Minister makes appeal for new donors for human milk bank

More donors are needed from Carlow and across Ireland for Northern Ireland’s only human milk bank – which helps premature and seriously ill babies, the health minister has said. Robin Swann visited the facility at the South ...

22 Aug 2022 at 20:33

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