Our own Henry Jarvis, lead nurse for the new TAS Cambridge service, was filmed recently by ITV, performing a Red Cell Exchange on a patient with Sickle Cell disease. ITV interviewed the patient about a brand new gene editing therapy - read more below! itv.com/news/2025-01-3…

So, you’ve signed up to be a stem cell donor — amazing! But do you actually know what a stem cell is? 🤔💡 Swipe through to find out! 👉

We are so proud of Chief Medical Officer, Dr Gail Miflin, on her OBE for services to blood and plasma. Dr Miflin has been at NHSBT since 2016 and has led groundbreaking research into new treatments that are saving lives. Learn about the work that has led to Dr Miflin's OBE ➡️

📢 Update: Dylan is STILL searching for his stem cell donor! 9-year-old Dylan from #NorthernIreland has severe aplastic anaemia and needs a stem cell transplant. Tragically, he has no perfect match. ❤️ Aged 17-55? Register as a stem cell donor at dkms.org.uk/dylan_tw

“I never imagined how incredibly fulfilling the experience would be... My decision to join the register and follow through with the donation had the potential to change someone’s life — something I’ll never take for granted.” - Chiara, who donated her stem cells via PBSC

Donated placenta has been used to make a specialist tissue graft to help save the eyesight of acid attack victim, Paul Laskey. Over 8 months, Paul had 3 amnion grafts - tissue grafts made from the inner lining of a donated placenta. Full story ➡️ orlo.uk/RIgSx

At just 23 years old, Joshua has already saved his dad’s life, twice! 💙 First, he donated bone marrow to help his dad, David, during cancer treatment. And recently, he flew all the way home from Australia to give his dad the ultimate gift - a kidney. orlo.uk/O05Y5

Our annual NHSBT Together Awards on Monday saw a celebration of all the incredible accomplishments we've achieved across the past year. A huge congratulations to all the winners, and those nominated - you are what makes NHSBT such an incredible place to work. #TogetherAwards

The TAS pages of the Hospitals and Science website have been upgraded. New content is available in a more intuitive, navigable and accessible format. View the TAS pages: hospital.blood.co.uk/patient-servic…

It’s been a historic couple of days! 💙 We’re celebrating the first patients in a generation to receive plasma medicines from UK donors. Gerry Gogarty, our Director of Plasma for Medicines, reflects on the achievement in this blog. #UKPlasmaMedicines orlo.uk/9wVfK

Tomorrow, 8th March, is International Women’s Day, where we celebrate the remarkable work of women in TAS and acknowledge the work still to do in pursuit of gender equality, to foster diverse perspectives, enhance innovation, and ensure fair opportunities for everyone to thrive.

76% of the NHS workforce are women - scientists, midwives, doctors,  receptionists and more - all are shaping the future of healthcare. This #InternationalWomensDay, thank you to the women leading, caring, and innovating across the NHS.

Today #TAS attended #CambridgeFestival to promote automated red cell exchange for patients with #SickleCellDisorder.

Our trust has partnered with NHS Blood+Transplant to introduce a new service that will provide red blood cell exchanges 24/7, to treat patients in times of sickle cell crisis. It is a lifeline for patients like Dami who was treated at James Cook. southtees.nhs.uk/news/patients-…

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Join our #Cambridge team as a #Band 6 #SpecialistNurse to deliver life saving and life enhancing treatments every day! Closing date 21st April APPLY HERE lnkd.in/e5Gyh4JM

For World Health Day, NHSBT highlighted the amazing work of the Bristol TAS team in rolling out Ultrasound Guided Cannulation training across all TAS units, improving patient safety, and saving patients time and the NHS money. nhsbloodandtransplant.sharepoint.com/sites/Clinical…

“As the relative of a cancer patient, I know all the emotions that you go through. So when the people came to collect my stem cells, I just had a really overwhelming feeling of hope...”

Are you a patient with iTTP? Would you like to take part in research on the Psychological Impact of iTTP? read more here: liveuclac-my.sharepoint.com/personal/ucjum… take part here: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/response…

Today is #WorldSickleCellDay - NHSBT plays a pivotal role in the treatment of sickle cell disease through collecting blood donations, and #apheresis. In 2024, TAS provided 2740 red cell exchanges, for 641 patients, an increase of 438% from 2017.