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  • Blood stocks; A balancing act

    Not all blood types can be given to all patients and we must keep 6 days stocks of all 8 blood groups, but how do we do it? Let's share with you the balancing act that is blood stocks!

  • FAIR: New donor eligibility questions

    From June 14 onwards, the questions we ask before you give blood will change. Find out how and why.

  • 100 donations... from multiple David Rundells

    When Gemma's father David Rundell found out he could no longer give blood, he was disappointed to fall short of a personal target of 100 donations. However, Gemma came up with a cunning plan to make David's wish come true.

  • Donor Douglas achieves milestone donation.

    ‘I feel really humbled having been able to have donated so often. Once you start, it just becomes a way of life’.

  • FAIR Report: Blood donor criteria to be updated

    Changes to the questions asked of blood donors will ensure more gay and bisexual men are able to donate blood in the future.

  • Knit a blood group heart

    We're getting cosy this Christmas by knitting blood group hearts for our trees.

  • New Mum Marie thanks blood donors

    This Christmas, Marie wants to thank the blood donors who helped her survive the traumatic birth of her first child - in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • A Christmas thank you from Kevin

    Inverness resident Kevin Lowe had a kidney transplant in 2007. However, when his body started to reject it seven years later he needed blood transfusions to keep him alive until he could receive a new second kidney.

  • Thank you from Katie and Rico

    Born prematurely and then diagnosed with stage 4 chronic kidney disease, Rico had his first blood transfusion at six weeks old, and has needed them at regular intervals ever since.

  • Blood donations and chemotherapy - Pam's story

    In 2010, Pam Canning, 53 from Edinburgh was diagnosed with breast cancer. Without blood donors, she doesn't think she could have made it through her treatment.

Current blood stock levels across Scotland Saturday 21 March

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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