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08 January 2026

Driving donation: WH Malcolm show they're haulage heroes

Transport company WH Malcolm drive home the importance of giving blood.

22 December 2025

Because of you, we had one more Christmas: The power of blood donation

Over one-third of all donations are used to help patients living with cancer and receiving cancer treatment.

We’re proud to unveil two new additions to our family of donation graphic identifiers: 'Give plasma' and 'Give platelets'.

Barry McMahon is an Oasis superfan, but as a plasma donor he's just as mad for it.

Dr Julie Gillies is a Consultant Haemotologist with the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, and our Clinical Lead for Transfusion.

Plasma donors help Beryl live with myeloma.

SNBTS have partnered with the Aberdeen Vaccination and Wellbeing Hub to provide a city centre location for donors to give blood.

Fort William donors give blood in memory of Scott Anderson.

We spoke with Izhar Khan, Consultant Nephrologist at NHS Grampian who explained why blood, platelets and plasma are so important for his patients.

Scotland's donor heroes meet people they have helped to save

Current blood stock levels across Scotland Thursday 08 January

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