Latest News from the South West Regional Transfusion Committee

Friday, 9th 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

 

 

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O D Negative Stock Pressures: Updated NBTC Red Cell and Platelet Shortage Plans Published

(1 week ago)

Following today's communication from NHSBT regarding pressure on O D negative red cell stocks, NBTC would like to remind colleagues that the updated national red cell and platelet shortage plans are now available.

New SHOT/SCRIPT standards published: Essential standards for safe transfusion in clinical IT systems

(3 months 3 weeks ago)
On behalf of the SHOT Team and SCRIPT Group:

The Essential standards for safe transfusion in clinical IT systems (Version 1.0, June 2026) have been published.

South East Annual Summary 2025

(5 months 2 weeks ago)

The South East Annual Summary 2025 has now been published, bringing together key highlights, achievements and learning from across the region over the past year.

South East