People donate blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years at the a London donor centre, one of 14 centres opening today across the country

Centres in Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton have begun to take donations of blood plasma to be used in medicines for rare immune diseases.

Blood plasma donations for medicines taken in Midlands for first time since 1998

The NHS Blood and Transplant Service is asking people to donate blood plasma to help save lives during the pandemic. Blood plasma is used in clinical trials.

What's involved in donating blood plasma and can you help?

It's part of a trial to see whether blood plasma containing Covid-19 antibodies could be an effective treatment for the sickest patients. 

Call for Covid-19 plasma donors as new centre opens in Reading

The trial involves taking plasma from the blood of someone who had coronavirus, to see if a transfusion could help those in intensive care.

Coronavirus survivor donating blood plasma to help those in intensive care

The NHS wants people to offer plasma if they have recovered from COVID-19, following a positive test or illness with the symptoms.


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