Transfusion 2024

A Five-year Plan for Clinical and Laboratory Transfusion Practice

The Transfusion 2024 programme (T2024) began back in 2019 with a symposium organised by NHS Blood and Transplant, the National Blood Transfusion Committee, and NHS England. The symposium highlighted challenges to safe transfusion patient care and the need for a system-wide strategy to address those challenges.

The resulting plan outlined the priorities for clinical and laboratory transfusion practice for the next five years.

Now available - Transfusion 2024 Checklist for Hospitals

Patient Blood Management

Patient Blood Management

A1Develop a tool for PBM self-assessment for hospitals

A2Resources to support clinical transfusion practice: NHSBT PBM team, NCA, and BSMS Develop and implement a national competency framework for Transfusion Practitioners

A2 - aResources to support clinical transfusion practice: NHSBT PBM team, NCA, and BSMS

A2 - bDevelop and implement a national competency framework for Transfusion Practitioners

A3Inclusion of transfusion in national patient quality and safety initiatives

Transfusion Laboratory Safety

Transfusion Laboratory Safety

B1Scientific and clinical education and training including development of the consultant clinical scientist role

B2Laboratory staffing: capacity planning

B3Integrated services: RCI remote interpretation pilot

B4Pathology networks: defined standards for laboratory transfusion practice

B5Regulatory/compliance alignment: a unified standard by MHRA/UKAS

B6Adverse event reporting: Collaboration between SHOT and MHRA to improve reporting

Information Technology

Information Technology

C1Transfusion IT

C1 - aDefined standards for hospital transfusion IT within Pathology networks

C1 - bPilot electronic requests for NHSBT reference laboratory tests

C1 - cDesign a blueprint for managing inventory and design an approach for roll out to hospitals

C1 - dDevelop standards for routine collection of data on blood utilisation

C2Vein to vein electronic tracking

Research and Development

Research and Development

D1Data driven transfusion practice

D2Component development: agree pathway for development (complete)

D3Donor and patient typing define and develop a pilot of genotypical matched blood for multi transfused patients

D4Transfusion research: perform an options appraisal on the benefits of establishing a clinical trials network

Delivery workstreams