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Lead: Stuart Lord

We have just been made aware of a technical issue affecting the blood transfusion shared care communication form. This is being investigated by relevant colleagues who are working to resolve the problem.

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

🌟Thank You for Your Support🌟

🙏Thank you to everyone who has supported the development of the Professional Development Framework for Transfusion Practitioners. Your commitment, expertise, and collaboration have been invaluable throughout this process.

This forum is for all UK & Ireland Transfusion Practitioners (this includes all staff who work in haemovigilance & patient blood management).

New SABTO Consent Guidelines Published

The Role of the Transfusion Practitioner: Then, Now, and Beyond — Webinar 4th December 2025

Join us for a one‑hour webinar on Thursday 4 December 2025 at 2:00 pm (GMT / UK time), organised by the BBTS in partnership with Werfen.

Help Shape the TP Professional Development Framework

An email will soon be landing in the inbox of Transfusion Practitioners (TPs) across England, inviting you to help shape the main body of the Professional Development Framework.

Help Shape the TP Professional Development Framework

An email will soon be sent to all Transfusion Practitioners (TPs) across England, inviting you to help shape the section that outlines the purpose of the Professional Development Framework for Trans

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

Transfusion Practitioners Vicky Waddoups (Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust) and Aimee Burtenshaw (University Hospitals of Derby and Burton) proudly represented the TP community at the IBMS Congress in Birmingham last week.

An email will be sent to all TPs across England inviting them to help shape the Core Professional Values for the TP role.

An email will be sent to all TPs across England to invite them to participate in shaping the Purpose Statement for the TP role.

We are hosting some further drop-in sessions following the launch of RCI Assist to provide an opportunity to ask any questions or get a live demo. The sessions are 60 minutes. Please feel free to join the full session, or pop in and out at your convenience.

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

Thank you to everyone who attended the webinars and contributed content and suggestions via the Padlets. Your input has been invaluable.

The HCPC is hosting a series of webinars (along with NHS England and the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) to discuss scope of practice, effective supervision and delegation.  The webinars are for experienced regulated healthcare practitioners and the managers who support them, includi

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

IMPORTANT: All content on the eLearning for Health (eLfH) platform will be moving to the Learning Zone during October 2025. Access to Blood Transfusion Training and some other NHS Blood and Transplant modules will be disrupted.

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

SHOT Symposium Best poster prize: Slow and Steady Wins the rACE in the South East!

The Transfusion 2024 team has been actively engaged in a range of projects aimed at enhancing patient safety and supporting our scientific and clinical workforce.

Congratulations to Elisabeth Buggins CBE who has been appointed Co-Chair of the National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC).