News for North West

( 9 months 1 week ago )
When Haemoglobinopathy Meets Neurosurgery: Learning points for the clinical team.
( 9 months 1 week ago )
Perioperative implications of Sickle Cell Disease in neurosurgery and the use of automated red cell exchange as a tool to facilitate time sensitive surgery.  Won poster prize at BBTS Annual Symposium 2023.
(3 months ago)

The 2025 Undergraduate Medical Degree Transfusion Medicine Survey was developed in collaboration with the T2024 Education Working Group, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) Patient Blood Management Consultants, and the UK and Ireland Blood Transfusion Network (UK&I BTN).

Education
(8 months 3 weeks ago)

The development of a Transfusion Practitioner Framework is well under way.

A lot of work has been going on since Nov 2023.

National Transfusion Practitioners Network
(11 months 3 weeks ago)

Following requests from hospital laboratories and Regional Transfusion Committees (RTC) / Hospital Transfusion Committees (HTC) for support in responding to the transfusion-related recommendations of the Infected Blood Inqui