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NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is a special health authority of the English National Health Service (NHS).
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for the supply of blood, organs, tissues and stem cells. It collects and supplies blood to hospitals in England and is the organ donation organisation for the UK. NHSBT is a special health...
Claim relief from Customs Duty and VAT when importing organs and other substances of human origin into the UK for emergency transplant or transfusion.
SaBTO advice and recommendations on the risk of cancer being transmitted by an organ transplant, following a review of the evidence.
Register your decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register. This will give your loved ones the certainty they need to support your choice.
Details recommendations to improve organ utilisation across the UK.
Find out how to make an import or export declaration for human organs, blood, blood products, tissues and cells needed for emergency transplant or transfusion.
SaBTO report on the use of organs for transplantation from donors with primary brain tumours
Find out when you need to tell DVLA if you have had a heart transplant - download the correct forms to tell DVLA
The NHSBT / PHE epidemiology unit, and the epidemiology of infections among blood, tissue and organ donors and recipients.
Information on the safety of transplanting human organs, tissues and cells from the advisory committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO).
Guidelines from SaBTO on measures to protect patients from getting hepatitis E through transfusion or transplantation.
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