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04 September 2024

Give once more in '24

If every donor could give blood two or more times per year, it would make a huge difference to patients in Scotland.

03 September 2024

Five reasons donations dip in autumn

What do rain, flu and Jackson Lamb have in common?

New ad campaign featuring blood donors from across Scotland launches on World Blood Donor Day 2022.

Wellbank Village Hall opened its doors and welcomed 63 donors from the DD5 and DD4 postcode area on Thursday 12 May 2022.

Find out more about high spec O negative blood, and why it's so special.

From 5th April onwards, we will be entering your health check responses directly onto the computer at health screening. This means the session will become more efficient in the long run – but you may initially notice a bit of a delay.

From April 2022 onwards we’ll be asking about your ethnicity to help match blood profiles to patients more effectively.

The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service has begun testing to find out whether donors have had Hepatitis B in the past.

Information on when you can give blood after travel outside the UK.

At this time, Ukraine has not requested support for blood supplies.

Current blood stock levels across Scotland Thursday 10 October

We aim to retain 6 days of stocks at any time in order to meet the requirements of patients in Scotland.

Learn more about blood types