Tag: NHS Blood and Transplant
Mum of 17-month-old sickle cell patient appeals for black donors
Layla Lawson and 17-month old daughter Suki
Government to make organ donation mandatory
In order to save hundreds of lives and help people waiting for a life-saving transplant, plans are being made to change the law to...
Black people unwilling to talk about organ donation – NHS survey
Black families' reluctance to talk about organ donation is contributing to deaths amongst black people waiting for a transplant.
Although many black and Asian patients are...
Ade Aluko survives sickle cell disease with comedy
Ade Aluko a sickle cell disease survivor is supporting the NHS Blood and Transplant new campaign #ImThere (I’m there) to inspire new donors to...
Woman with Sickle Cell to help recruit blood donors
Shalona Willie, a 28-year-old woman living with Sickle Cell Disease who has received several blood transfusions is at the heart of a new advertising...
Black blood and organ donors urged to ‘Be There’ for their...
This Black History Month NHS Blood and Transplant is urging black people to register as blood, organ and stem cell donors and “Be There”...
UK ethnic communities urged to break silence on organ donation
Over a third of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities in the UK admit they haven’t considered organ donation or decided...
BAME Communities still wait longer for kidney transplants
The latest Organ Donation and Transplantation Activity Report published by NHS Blood and Transplant reveals that three out of ten patients on the UK’s...
