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Blood donor telephone enquiries

0345 90 90 999 (Mon-Fri: 9am - 5pm)

Give us a ring if you:

  • want to sign up as a blood donor
  • have any questions about giving blood
  • would like to make or cancel an appointment (this can be done until 5pm the day before the session)
  • need to get medical advice
  • feel unwell after giving blood (medical team on-call 24hrs)
  • suffer any discomfort or problems after giving blood (medical team on-call 24hrs)
  • have doubts about whether your blood should be used after donation

Online

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Please complete the following for online donor account registration requests:

For those who have previously donated blood in Scotland:

Could you be registered under a different surname (married/maiden)? Could you be registered using a previous address? If yes, please detail below:

You may be contacted if a similar record is found and we need to confirm further details.

Once your contact information is entered into our internal records, a link to your online account will be sent via email.

SNBTS is part of NHS Scotland and is Scotland’s specialist provider of blood, tissues and cells for patients in Scotland. We use personal information from donors to support us in this task.

We keep information about donors and donations for at least 30 years. This is to make sure we meet the legal requirements that apply to providers of blood, tissues and cells.

Data protection law gives you certain rights over how SNBTS uses your personal information. For more information, see our Data Protection Notice

Head office

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service

The Jack Copland Centre
52 Research Avenue North
Heriot-Watt Research Park
Edinburgh EH14 4BE

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Current blood stock levels across Scotland Monday 07 October

We aim to retain 6 days of stocks at any time in order to meet the requirements of patients in Scotland.

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