Updated NICE Guidance on Tranexamic Acid (TXA)

Saturday, 28th February 2026 (
1 day 22 hours ago
)

NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has today updated its blood transfusion guideline, simplifying when TXA should be offered during surgery - removing the need to estimate blood loss and focussing instead on any procedure with a bleeding risk.

🔗 View the updated NICE NG24 recommendations here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG24

For resources to support appropriate use of blood components, including Tranexamic acid, see resources from our colleagues in NHSBT's PBM Team: PBM toolkit - Hospitals and Science - NHSBT

Other Regions

Transfusion Training Survey Results Published

(6 months 4 weeks ago)

The Transfusion Training survey was a collaboration between NHSBT and the Royal College of Pathologist Specialty Advisory Committee, and has now been published in Transfusion Medicine: http://doi.org/10.1111/tme.13146

 

Education

Patient Blood Management Update December 2025

(2 months ago)

Catch up with the latest Patient Blood Management (PBM) update

Midlands

BBTS TP Award and Speaker Nominations

(3 weeks 1 day ago)

The BBTS Annual Conference in Glasgow, 15th -17th of September 2026

Action needed by the end of February 2026.

🏅TP Specialist Interest Group (SIG) – Award Nominations Now Open

National Transfusion Practitioners Network