NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS Blood and Transplant
AbbreviationNHSBT
PredecessorNational Blood Service
UK Transplant
Formation1 October 2005
TypeNHS special health authority
Headquarters500 North Bristol Park
Filton
Bristol
Region served
England and Wales
Key people
Peter Wyman (chair)[1]
Jo Farrar (chief executive officer)[1]
Main organ
Board of directors
Parent organisation
National Health Service
Websitewww.nhsbt.nhs.uk Edit this at Wikidata

NHS Blood and Transplant is an executive special health authority of the United Kingdom's Department of Health and Social Care. It was established on 1 October 2005 to take over the responsibilities of two separate NHS agencies: UK Transplant (now renamed Organ Donation and Transplantation), founded by Dr. Geoffrey Tovey in 1972,[2] and the National Blood Service[3] (now renamed Blood Donation). Its remit is to provide a reliable, efficient supply of blood, organs and associated services to the NHS. Since NHSBT was established, the organisation has maintained or improved the quality of the services delivered to patients, stabilised the rising cost of blood, and centralised a number of corporate services.

  1. ^ a b "Meet our board". nhsbt.nhs.uk. NHS Blood and Transplant. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Geoffrey Tovey". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. ^ "A history of donation, transfusion and transplantation". NHS Blood and Transplant. Retrieved 10 April 2020. NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is formed as the National Blood Service and UK Transplant merge.
    The National Blood Transfusion Service, created in 1946, became the National Blood Service in 1996