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

Thursday, 5th November 2026 (
3 years 7 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

Other Regions

(1 month 2 weeks ago)

Registration is now open for the Consent and Legal Aspects of Transfusion, including Infected Blood Inquiry Update, hosted by the South East Regional Transfusion Committee on 29 September 2026.

South East
Education
(1 month 3 weeks ago)

On behalf of NHSBT's Patient Blood Management (PBM) catch up with the latest infographic for September 2026

Midlands
Patient Blood Management
(8 months 1 week 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