Has your family supported organ donation after the passing of a family member? Or have you been a living organ donor? If so NIHR BTRU in Organ Donation and Transplantation would love to hear from you. The ID boxes project aims to explore the experience of donor families & living donors.

Welcome to the inaugural Living Donor Week! This week we will share live donors stories as well as more information about living donation! #livingdonorweek

Meet Rubina—a valued member of our NHS Direct Marketing Team and a Thalassaemia patient. ♥ She needs regular blood transfusions—but that doesn’t define her. Donors help her live life to the fullest. You can be the reason someone like Rubina thrives, so book your donation now.

Our colleagues at NIHR SPHR have co-created a Charter for Public Involvement and Engagement alongside public partners. It sets out 12 guiding principles for fully embedding public involvement and engagement into research: sphr.nihr.ac.uk/public-involve…

Want to learn more? #livingdonorweek

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 ➡️

Join us on Wed 26th Feb Great North Museum: Hancock. Researchers from the NIHR BTRU in Organ Donation and Transplantation will be there to answer your questions about the Journeys exhibition and their research. While you're there why not create your own personal journey map and view the Journeys exhibition. Engage@NewcastleUni

Save the date for our first ever Living Donation Week! From 10 to 16 March, we'll be sharing lots of information and stories about living donation, as we aim to raise awareness and help to save more lives 💗

James Harrison, known in Australia as the ‘man with the golden arm,’ has sadly died aged 88. By donating his rare plasma over 1,200 times, he helped save 2.4 million babies. What an incredible legacy. ❤️🩸 orlo.uk/IeLn5

It is important to account for the costs of involvement in a research study at the earliest stage possible. Find out more about how to do this in our payment guidance for researchers and professionals: nihr.ac.uk/documents/paym… #TuesdayTips

This week marks the first ever #LivingDonationWeek with NHS Blood+Transplant! Keep an eye out for information on living kidney donation and inspiring stories from previous donors and recipients. Today we're sharing the story of Marianne: donateakidney.co.uk/stories/marian… @Kidney_research @GiveAKidney

Tune in 6pm to rangoliradio.com/listen-live or on DAB if you are in Leeds to listen to Manya Hasija who donated 65 percent of his liver to save his father's life. #amardaan NHS Organ Donation💗🫀🫁 NIHR BTRU in Organ Donation and Transplantation NHS Blood+Transplant Leeds Teaching Hospitals Mahmud Nawaz @JHOD_UK #livingdonationweek

This is incredible! 🌟We'll be tuning in!

We are celebrating World Kidney today! To date, QUOD has collected more than 18,900 kidney biopsies and provided kidney samples to 54 studies. Find out how we can support your studies here: quod.org.uk/for-researcher…

A huge thank you to all NHSBT statisticians who have offered a glimpse of the enormous amount of work they perform to support organ donation and transplantation. Lisa Mumford, Jenny Mehew, Rachel Hogg, Matthew Robb, and Helen Thomas. #BTSCongress

Helen Thomas presenting on all the many collaborations within the Clinical Trials Unit! #BTSCongress

The NIHR Strategic Commitments represent our ambition to improve public partnerships from 2025-2030. We know there's still work to be done. Our NIHR Director for Public Voice Jeremy Taylor discusses this in more detail 👇

Take a look at our latest research and career opportunities in the thread below! For more details and a full list of open opportunities, please see: nihr.ac.uk/funding-opport…

It is Transplant Nurses Day. A day to raise awareness of #transplant #nurses & thank them for all they do- for all nurses that care for patients pre and post transplant & Specialist Nurses in Organ Donation, who work closely with donor families. shorturl.at/xsd6n

We're helping recruit UK-based participants aged 18-30 for a short, 2-part survey study which will inform a Master’s thesis on blood donation behaviours among young people. To participate, enter your email in the below form for an anonymised survey link. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…