NHS Blood and Transplant

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class="gem-c-organisation-logo__name">NHS Blood and Transplant</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <section class="govuk-notification-banner gem-c-notice govuk-!-margin-bottom-8" aria-label="Notice" role="region"> <div class="govuk-notification-banner__content"> <span class="gem-c-notice__title govuk-notification-banner__heading">NHS Blood and Transplant has a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221012072315/http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/">separate website</a></span> </div></section> <div class="govuk-grid-row organisation__margin-bottom"> <div class="govuk-grid-column-two-thirds"> <div class="gem-c-govspeak govuk-govspeak " data-module="govspeak"> <p></p> <div class="govspeak"> <p>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.</p> <p><abbr title="NHS Blood and Transplant">NHSBT</abbr> is a special health authority, sponsored by the <a class="govuk-link" href="/web/20221012072315/https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care">Department of Health and Social Care</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <section class=" organisation__brand-border-top organisation__margin-bottom"> <div class="visually-hidden"> <h2 class="gem-c-heading gem-c-heading--font-size-27 gem-c-heading--padding">Documents</h2> </div> <div class="govuk-grid-row"> <div class="govuk-grid-column-one-half organisation__supergroup--margin-bottom"> <h3 class="gem-c-heading govuk-heading-m gem-c-heading--padding">News and communications</h3> <ul class="gem-c-document-list"> <li class="gem-c-document-list__item "> <a class="gem-c-document-list__item-title govuk-link" lang="en" 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