The South East Annual Activity Summary reflects the successes, achievements and some of the challenges from the past year

Monday, 2nd March 2026 (
2 years 10 months ago
)

It’s good to celebrate, in a year where we consolidated the hard work achieved in 2021 following our amalgamation. We have continued to share best practice and support each other across all transfusion disciplines despite the many challenges within each hospital, not least the first ever Amber Alert red cell shortage. This saw transfusion teams across the region work alongside colleagues to manage blood use, reduce stock holding and orders – thank you for your very positive response.

Howard Wakeling, SE RTC Chair

South East

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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

National Transfusion Practitioners Network
(3 days 22 hours ago)

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(5 months ago)

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.

National Transfusion Practitioners Network