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Nine-year-old boy’s ‘life has restarted’ after multiple rare blood transfusions

Qasim Rizwan’s blood type was a rare mix, including r’r’, a subtype of the Rhesus system that is shared by roughly one in 10,000 people.

Evening Standard

Boy with extremely rare mix of blood types saved by nationwide transfusion hunt

Only around 50 blood donors are type r’r’

The Independent UK

NHS issues urgent appeal for blood donors as fears grow over sickle cell treatment

Health experts say an estimated 16,000 additional volunteers are needed

The Independent UK

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Urgent appeal for blood donors as ‘triple whammy’ of factors lead to low UK reserve

The UK’s heatwaves have majorly impacted blood donation, experts say

The Independent UK

Fewer kidney transplants will be ‘rejected’ thanks to new specialist programme

Experts estimate that around 100 fewer kidneys will be rejected each year.

Evening Standard

Treatments developed from ‘liquid gold’ help paralysed man walk out of hospital

Cancer survivor Tony Newitt is now urging more people to donate plasma.

Evening Standard

Metallica urge British fans to donate blood and ‘be part of something bigger than the show’

The metal legends are playing at Glasgow’s Hampden Park, Principality Stadium in Cardiff and London Stadium

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Metallica urge UK fans to give blood ahead of Britain tour dates

The metal veterans are calling on their followers to donate blood and plasma.

Evening Standard

Rise in sickle cell disease prompts NHS call for more Black blood donors

Exclusive: Demand for blood to treat the rare disorder has soared by 132% in 10 years

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Ballot for 2027 opens as TCS London Marathon runners prepare for warm weather

Holding a two-day TCS London Marathon is being explored for 2027 after more than one million people applied for a ballot place in Sunday’s race.

The Independent UK

Family thank donors after British baby has life-saving blood transfusion while still in the womb

Doctors think Arthur Ransom is the youngest patient in the UK to have had a blood transfusion, delivered when his mother was just 16 weeks pregnant.

The Independent UK

Family of UK’s youngest blood transfusion recipient express gratitude to donors

Intrauterine transfusion are needed for extremely unwell babies while they are still in the womb.

Evening Standard

Arm skin patch from organ donor helped patient spot his new lung was being rejected

Lung rejection is hard to detect as it can involve blood tests, biopsies and X rays

The Independent UK

‘I lost my sight after childbirth but it was restored thanks to donated plasma’

New mother Jessica Kent-Hazledine said she feared “the worst” when her vision started to go in April last year, but now her sight is “so much better”

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New NHS organ preservation techniques could lead to hundreds more transplants in England

Should the pilot prove successful, it would pave the way for the world's first national network dedicated to reconditioning organs

The Independent UK

VIP donor with ultra-rare blood says she feels ‘honoured’ to help sick patients

Staff at the NHS blood and transplant frozen blood bank in Liverpool said meeting Mina Stoddart-Stones was like ‘meeting royalty’.

The Independent UK

Teenage boy revels in ‘freedom’ after £1.65 million gene-editing treatment

Adam Rehman underwent treatment after previously relying on monthly blood transfusions

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‘I donated umbilical cord blood, and another mum’s donation saved my daughter’

Cord blood is rich in stem cells, and can be used to treat cancer, immune conditions and genetic disorders.

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Mum who donated umbilical cord blood opens up on how daughter’s life was saved by similar donation

Natasha Kirkpatrick donated her daughter’s cord blood when she was born in 2017. In 2022, she needed a blood donation of her own to treat blood cancer

The Independent UK

DVLA announce unexpected change on driving licence applications

The move is hoped to get more young people to take a potentially lifesaving step

The Independent UK

New blood donor prompt for those applying for driving licence

People will be reminded of the importance of giving blood in official DVLA emails.

The Independent UK

Mother sees ‘lovely little faces of my sons’ after life-changing transplant

More than 4,000 people in England are on the waiting list for a cornea transplant

The Independent UK

‘I can see the lovely little faces of my sons’ – cornea transplant recipient

Millions of people have ‘restrictions’ on their organ donor registrations.

The Independent UK

Donors with these blood types are being urged to give blood

A 69-year-old grandfather who has given blood 138 times has called on others to give blood

Evening Standard

‘UK’s most prolific blood donor’ urges public to ‘help society’

NHS Blood and Transplant was established in 2005.

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