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Become a Blood Donor
We need more plasma donors
Donate Blood for the First Time
More donors of Black heritage
Blood Stocks are critically low 🩸
We need your help now more than ever to keep providing lifesaving blood to the NHS. Consider Giving Blood
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Every day blood is needed to save lives. It is used in life-threatening emergencies, to combat cancer, fight sickle cell or provide lifesaving medicines to help babies' hearts to continue to beat.
The NHS requires approximately 5,000 units of blood daily to meet the needs of patients. Despite a fantastic response to the Amber Alert which has kept stocks strong throughout the summer, with a shelf life of just 35 days, stocks need to be constantly replenished. With the Amber Alert now having been in place since July, there is an urgent need for existing donors to keep donating, as well as new donors and also donors of Black heritage to come forward.
In 1 hour, you could help save up to 3 adult lives or 6 babies
We urgently need
O negative & B negative
Stocks of your blood are critically low.
Please book and keep your appointment to donate as soon as possible.
All other blood types
Please book an appointment, even if it's a few weeks away - your donation will be just as valuable then.
Life Saving Work
In 2023, 1.44 million blood donations were made by 785,000 amazing individuals
This year, the NHS needs 140,000 new first-time donors
To ensure our donor base reflects the diversity of modern Britain, we need 12,000 new Black heritage donors
Sickle cell is the UK’s fastest-growing genetic disorder, and many patients require regular blood transfusions. For the best treatment, patients benefit from blood donors of the same ethnicity
O negative is the universal blood type, crucial in emergencies or when a patient’s blood type is unknown. Although only 8% of the population has O negative, it accounts for 15% of hospital orders
There are 26 permanent blood donation centres across the country along with many mobile sessions
Why our colleagues give blood
The journey started a long time back in my late teens where only a few weeks after I was old enough to give Blood my Dad asked if I wanted to start as a Blood Donor. I wasn't given long to ponder the question as he was off to give blood in about an hour's time.
As someone with a relatively rare blood type A-, I make it a point to donate blood regularly as my blood is a priority case. I feel very proud to have reached my 40-pint milestone.
My grandmother gave blood for years and became a life long donor. I'd thought about doing it for years and then one day thought, 'I'm going to help other people'. It wasn't until I gave blood that I knew my blood type. A- which is quite a rare one with only 6% of the population having it, so I'm classed as a priority case when I donate.
Join your amazing colleagues in our NEXT Blood Donor gallery
Send us a picture of you ‘in the chair’ and we'll feature you in our gallery of life savers. Email claudia_balderson@next.co.uk
Claire Pickering
Dimitrios Liakouras
Rebecca Odames
Levi Banks
Claudia Balderson
Tracey Valente
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