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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

14 June 2021

A date to donate

Edinburgh couple make a date to donate on World Blood Donor Day 2021

14 June 2021

World Blood Donor Day marks a new era for blood donation in Scotland

The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service is marking World Blood Donor Day (Monday June 14) by introducing new, fairer, ways of working out who can give blood.

08 June 2021

Donations and congratulations

Donations and congratulations

21 May 2021

Blood battle

Glasgow University Give Blood Society challenge their university sports teams to see who can give the most blood donations.

18 May 2021

Booking your appointment to give blood

All blood donation across Scotland is by appointment only. Appointments are bookable by calling 0345 90 90 999, or through your online donor account.

11 May 2021

FAIR: New donor eligibility questions

Find out what's changing in Summer 2021

19 April 2021

Important news for West Lothian blood donors

In the coming weeks and months, you will notice some changes to where and when we collect blood in West Lothian.

09 April 2021

Plasma for medicine: An update

We are pleased to announce we will continue to collect plasma for medicines.

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