Blood Donation
CARDIFF: Metallica team up with Welsh Blood Service for first-ever UK collaboration — with special donation sessions running before and after rock giants’ Principality Stadium gig
The Welsh Blood Service has signed a unique collaboration with Metallica that will see special donation sessions running for a…
Swansea father saves son battling rare blood disorder.
Seven-year-old Jasper Hodgson-Smith was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening blood disorder. The cure came from Father, Matt, a perfect…
Council Chief Exec who received lifesaving transfusions in cancer battle is urging more people to donate blood
Martin Nicholls, CEO of Swansea Council, was diagnosed with a form of leukaemia three years ago and started treatment to…
Swansea and NPT residents urged to give someone the best gift this Christmas by giving blood
A mother who needed in-the-womb blood transfusions during her pregnancy and a man who depends on regular, lifesaving blood donations…
Son’s pledge to raise awareness of blood donations after losing his father to cancer
A young blood donor from Swansea is on a mission to inspire other young people to follow in his footsteps. …
Give blood and help save lives in Swansea
Local residents are being called upon to help patients in need by giving blood with the Welsh Blood Service. Across…
‘Give blood this Summer’ say Welsh Blood Service as they urge more Swansea residents to donate
The Welsh Blood Service is calling on existing donors and those who have never given blood before to help patients…
Landmark LGBT blood donation changes introduced
More people may be eligible to donate blood or platelets today in Wales on World Blood Donor Day (Monday 14…
Welsh ban on UK plasma donations to make medicines lifted.
As part of a four-nations agreement, Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced the ending of a ban on using…
Wales’ first plasmapheresis donor backs call for more donors in Wales to step forward
The first donor in Wales to donate plasma through the Welsh Blood Service’s new ‘plasmapheresis’ process is calling on other…
Landmark changes to blood donation rules as Government lifts LGBT+ restrictions
Wales has taken the landmark decision to lift restrictions on LGBT+ people donating blood. As part of a four-nations agreement,…