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19 December 2025

Special Days – An Appeal to Scotland’s Donors

Blood has a shelf life of up to 35 days, so why do we badly need people to come forward to our Donor Centres on special days such as Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, Hogmanay and 2nd January?

16 December 2025

Bloodstocks Update – Christmas 25

An update of how bloodstocks are looking for Christmas 2025

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

We are pleased to announce our new process for blood and plasma donors requiring a Malaria Antibody Test (MAT)

Workplace Heroes: Teams roll up their sleeves to Give Blood across Edinburgh

Current blood stock levels across Scotland Wednesday 24 December

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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