Patient families

Get involved: Tips on how to get started with a patient appeal

A little pushed for time but want to get involved in our lifesaving work?

Not everyone has the same access to expert treatment, care and support they need throughout their transplant journey – we are working to reduce these existing inequities.

Our Policy and Public Affairs Team advocate for better care before, during and after a patient’s stem cell transplant.

Sometimes, the clinician treating you may believe that you’d benefit from a treatment that isn’t usually available on the NHS. If this is the case, they can ask the NHS in England to fund it on a one-off basis. Doing this is known as an Individual Funding Request (IFR).

This webpage gives you all the COVID-19 information you need as someone with a weakened immune system.

If you're going to receive stem cells donated from someone else – a relative, unrelated donor or cord blood – then doctors need to find a donor whose tissue type matches yours. This page explains how we help to find you a match.

Different types of stem cell therapies can treat blood cancers and blood disorders. If you have a diagnosis for a blood cancer or disorder, you might feel scared or overwhelmed about what happens next, but our information should help you feel more prepared and informed.

Patients & families share their experience before, during & after transplant