Patient Blood Management

Who are Patient Blood Management England?

Patient Blood Management England is a team of specialist Nurses, Midwives, Doctors, Healthcare Scientists and Administrators, with teams based in each of the seven NHS England regions.

We are involved in all aspects of blood management, from supporting hospitals with optimising a patient's own blood, to using data to smartly manage inventories of donor blood.

How do we achieve this?

Patient blood management is a patient-centered means of protecting and optimising a patient's own blood.

We promote best practice for the management of anaemia, bleeding and coagulation, as well as alternatives to transfusion, such as cell salvage.

Our work includes more than Patient Blood Management...

We are also invested in patient safety and the appropriate use of donor blood; providing support and education around transfusion when there are no available alternatives.

We work closely with NHS Trusts and other healthcare Providers across England, providing specialist advice and a programme of support, education, audit and research.

By building relationships with these teams, we aim to achieve a coordinated approach to improving patient care.

Who else do we work with?

We work alongside other organisations involved in patient blood management and blood transfusion, including the wider team at NHS Blood and Transplant, the National Blood Transfusion Committee, Serious Hazards of Transfusion UK, universities, and our colleagues in the other UK blood services.

Through these collaborations, we aim to deliver a holistic approach to blood management, keeping the patient at the centre of all decisions about their care.