For NHS Blood and Transplant , digital is at the heart of everything it does , from its customer-facing website and blood donor portal , to the ways that transplant surgeons receive information and make decisions

NHS Blood and Transplant ( NHSBT ) facilitates organ donation and transplantation across the whole of the UK and also manages the supply of blood and tissues , as well as a range of specialist blood testing , for England . And , as Chief Digital Officer Aaron Powell explains , technology is making an incredible impact on the work it does , ultimately improving patient outcomes and saving lives . “ What we ’ re doing has a direct impact in saving and improving people ’ s lives . It ’ s what we ’ re about as an organisation . Whether it ’ s providing services to blood donors that enable them to make appointments to come and give blood or providing services that allow us to accurately and efficiently allocate the precious gifts that people donate to us to the right patient , my job is to make sure the technology services that we offer are resilient and robust to enable the team to do the best possible job that they can do .”