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Highest ever numbers of organ donors and recipients from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities last year, but more still needed
More black, Asian, mixed race and minority ethnic people are donating organs than ever before, but too many donation opportunities are...
Organ Donation Week: Stories from BAME families
This week is Organ Donation week. NBTA is using this time to highlight the continued needs of black, asian, mixed...
NBTA Co-Chair speaks to ITN about Sunaina Paul case
NBTA Co-chair Orin Lewis spoke to ITN news about the ongoing case of Sunaina Paul, who urgently needs a liver...
Sunaina's appeal
NBTA has been highlighting the case of Sunaina Paul for the last couple of weeks. Sunaina was born with Biliary...
Organ Donation Week: 2nd - 8th September
Organ donation week will be happening from 2nd September to the 8th September this year. A series of events will...
Latest JHOD Newsletter
The Jain and Hindu Organ Donation Steering Group (JHOD) has published their latest newsletter. Among the news and content are...
Radio 4 Programme on The Black Blood Donor Crisis
BBC Radio 4 broadcast a programme on 'The Black Blood Donor Crisis' earlier this week. The programme looks at some...
NHSBT Transplant Activity Report - 3,941 Lives Saved or Improved
NHSBT has released a copy of the Transplant Activity Report (TAR) giving a comprehensive update about organ donors, transplant waiting...
Hindus and Jains launch campaign to explain change in law on organ donation
A campaign which sets out to raise awareness of the upcoming change in law around organ donation in England was...
NBTA July Newsletter
July 2019 NBTA Newsletter Welcome to this the first NBTA newsletter. NBTA is the national coordinating voice for agencies working...
New South London project aims to increase blood donation
South London Gives – Increasing blood donation in black communities ‘South London Gives’ is a new project run by the...
JHOD (Jain and Hindu organ donation)
A new group, called the Jain and Hindu organ donation steering group ( JHOD) has been set up with the...
BAME group welcomes opt out for organ donation
A national BAME (Black, Asian, Mixed Race and Minority Ethnic) group has welcomed the change in law in England on...
Funding boost to help promote organ donation among Black & Asian communities
Organisations representing a diverse range of faiths and communities in England and Wales are joining the campaign to address the...
Invitation to bid for funding to promote Living Kidney donation among BAME groups
The National BAME Transplant Alliance (NBTA) is pleased to invite you to bid for funding of between £2,000 and £3,000...
Government campaign to focus on urgent shortage as one in five die waiting for transplant
Today the Government announces a new campaign in England to address the urgent need for donors revealed in NHS Blood...
Potential donors inspired by increase living kidney donation
A father who donated a kidney to his two-year-old son is one of the first people to become a living...
NBTA co-chairs meeting with minister Jackie Doyle-Price MP
NBTA Co-Chairs, Kirit Mistry and Orin Lewis, met this week with Parliamentary Under Secretary Department of health MP Jackie Doyle...