Pet Blood Bank UK, as our name suggests is a pet blood bank.  We collect blood from our generous volunteer canine donors and supply it to vets across the UK to ensure there is blood available if they need to perform a lifesaving blood transfusion for one of our pets.

A change in legislation in October 2005 made it possible for vets to store pet blood.  Recognising this as a opportunity to assist the veterinary profession in providing blood transfusions, Vets Now raised the funds to set up and support the PBBuk charity.  Through veterinary practices the charity will supply dogs all over the UK with vital, lifesaving blood.

PBBuk will collect canine blood which will then be processed into various blood products and stored on the premises. The blood products will then be supplied to veterinary practices across the UK. Any profits will be re-employed into educational programmes to assist in developing veterinary transfusion medicine within the UK.

As a charity it is part of our charter to help and support other charities.  For animal welfare charities such as the RSPCA, Guide Dogs and the PDSA we will supply canine blood to them at a reduced rate to ensure that all dogs in the UK have access to blood.

And who are our doggy donors?  They’re pets likes yours.  These dogs attend one of our regular blood drives where they make their donation.

Afterwards these vital donations are taken to our custom-made facility where they are processed and split into packed red blood cells and fresh plasma.  This means that just one donation from your pet has the potential to help up to four animals in need.