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Christmas 2023: Scotland needs 10,000 blood and platelet donors to help patients like Lottie

01 December 2023

Scoring tries on the field and saving lives off of it

Best known for scoring tries for Glasgow Warriors and Scotland, Ollie Smith is also a dedicated blood donor.

28 November 2023

Scotland needs superstar platelet donors this Christmas

There are 1,097 platelet donors across Scotland, and every single one of them is a star. However, this festive period, we need to find a few superstar donors

30 August 2021

Changes to Aberdeen Blood Donor Centre opening hours

From 3rd September 2021, Aberdeen Blood Donor Centre will be open on Fridays.

18 August 2021

A pint for Stella

A secret blood drive to honour Stella's 50th donation.

13 August 2021

Inverness Donor Centre: Now open on Fridays

From 20th August, Inverness Donor Centre will be open Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.

02 August 2021

Scotland opens first new blood donor centre in 60 years

Donors encouraged to 'Save a life at The Centre,' Livingston.

06 July 2021

New Blood Donor Centre to open at The Centre, Livingston

A new Blood Donor Centre will open in The Centre, Livingston from Monday 2nd August 2021 and be accessible to all West Lothian donors.

28 June 2021

Welcome back to Dundee Donor Centre

Dundee Donor Centre sessions at Marryat Hall coming to an end

24 June 2021

Biomedical Science Day 2021

Celebrating the science at the heart of healthcare

16 June 2021

In the bag

It's fair to say Brian and Chris were excited to give their first blood donations.

Current blood stock levels across Scotland Friday 08 December

O-
A-
B-
AB-
O+
A+
B+
AB+

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

Learn more about blood types