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06 May 2025

Firefighters save lives on day off

Firefighters John Allan and Andrew Kerr encourage others to make a difference.

15 April 2025

Easter opening hours 2025

This Easter weekend we have almost 1,000 appointments left to fill in Scotland.

24 December 2018

Little Lion Man

'Given blood in 2018? You've saved our boy's life countless times.'

On Wednesday 12 December 2018, Bill Kidd MSP invited MSPs to meet with the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) at the Scottish Parliament.

Dingly's Motorcycle Club undertook their festive-themed Blood Run last week, to the delight of those they zipped past.

Are your details up to date?

Blood donor sessions in Edinburgh Donor Centre are run by appointment.

Laura Hulse from Cromarty (near Inverness) explains why she takes part in the event.

We had a lot of strange new would-be blood donors in today - but none of them were able to give blood. Find out the sorts of things might prevent you from giving blood this Halloween.

30 October 2018

Keith's story

Keith from Westhill, Aberdeenshire, tells us about his decision to start giving platelets.

Current blood stock levels across Scotland Sunday 18 May

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