Latest News from the South West Regional Transfusion Committee

Tuesday, 20th October 2026 (

2 years 2 months ago

)

We have recently held two successful national education events:

Incident Management and Effective Root Cause & CAPA, 12.06.24

Transfusion Still Matters, 02.07.24

Where we have permission, presentations have been uploaded to the Documents and Resources section and the recordings will be uploaded to the PBMEngland YouTube channel.

Other recently added items are the Minutes and Presentations from the SW RTC Meeting held on 22.05.24. These can be found in the Minutes section.

The next SW RTC Meeting will be held on 20.11.24, 10.30 - 15.30 at Oake Manor, Taunton. For further information, please contact jackie.mcmahon@nhsbt.nhs.uk

South West

Professional Development Framework for TPs-4th Soundbite

October 2025 (11 months 3 weeks ago)

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.

National Transfusion Practitioners Network

New: Recent Publications on Transfusion Safety and Efficiency

April 2026 (5 months 3 weeks ago)

The National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC) website now hosts a small collection of recent national publications exploring transfusion safety and efficiency across the NHS.

The new section, “Overviews and Perspectives on Transfusion Safety and Efficiency”, brings toge

QS138 Quality Insights updated following revised QS2 (TXA) guidance

September 2026 (3 weeks 4 days ago)

Following the February 2026 update to NICE QS138 Statement 2 on tranexamic acid (TXA), the QS138 Quality Insights quality improvement tool has been updated to reflect the broadened eligibility criteria.