The trial will tell us how effective convalescent plasma (plasma from people who’ve had coronavirus) is for treating coronavirus patients.

We need people who’ve recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19) to donate blood plasma, as part of a clinical trial to help with the national effort against the virus.

Plasma can be donated from 28 days after recovery.

Not everyone will be able to donate. We may need to contact you with more questions.

Please register your interest in donating plasma if you have:

What is convalescent plasma?

Blood plasma is a yellowish liquid that makes up about half your blood volume. After a virus, your plasma contains antibodies that are used to help fight infection.

Convalescent plasma is the antibody-rich plasma of someone who has recovered from a virus, in this case COVID-19.

Who can donate convalescent plasma?

Convalescent plasma can only be donated by someone who has had the virus.

We need donors who have had a positive virus, a positive antibody test or symptoms.

It is also important that donors have fully recovered from COVID-19, and that their body has had time to develop a good antibody response.

Please read more information about who can donate convalescent plasma

Donating plasma

Plasma donation is not the same as blood donation.

Some donors will be asked to give a blood sample for testing. Other donors will be invited to give a full plasma donation. This means we can assess more people and find high antibody donors quickly.

The process takes around 45 minutes and will separate plasma from the blood as you donate, in a process called apheresis.

We will discuss the details of your donation before you take part.

Any donations will take place at one of the following donor centres.

Our donor centres

Birmingham

Bradford

Bristol

Cambridge

Gloucester

Lancaster

Leeds City Centre

Leeds Bridle Path

Leicester

Liverpool

Liverpool Speke

London Bexleyheath

London Edgware

London Tooting

London Twickenham

London West End

London Westfield Shopping Mall

Luton

Manchester Plymouth Grove

Manchester City Centre

Newcastle

Nottingham

Oxford

Plymouth

Poole

Sheffield

Southampton

Stoke





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