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Ahead of Organ Donation Week from 22 September, Mahmud Nawaz shares his personal experience of why organ donation is so important.

Today marks one year since the Southport attack - a tragic event that took the lives of three young children and changed many others forever. We remember Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe, and Alice Agu...

Thanks to an amazing response from donors, staff and hospitals, the national blood shortage alert will end on Monday. This shows the power of working together. Thousands of people came forward to don...

Register to be a blood donor, give blood and save lives. Find out more about blood donation.

NHS says transfusions for cancer patients and women after childbirth are among those which may be halted if a Red Alert is declared for the first time ever as the service struggles with low stocks

The NHS has warned the UK needs one million regular blood donors to maintain supply and avoid a "red alert" - which means supplies are so low there is a threat to public safety.