TAS units

Therapeutic Apheresis Services are delivered across England and North Wales by eight units. Each unit has a Consultant and Lead Nurse who manage a clinical team.

How to make a referral

Please phone our 0300 020 0496 and select the option (for example, press 2 for Bristol, 3 for London) to be directed to the unit you wish to make the referral to.

Birmingham

TAS Birmingham office (administrative office only)
NHSBT Vincent Drive
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2SG

24-hour referral number: 0300 020 0496

Lead Nurse - Eliana Cardoso Delgado

Services provided

Automated Red Cell Exchange
Plasma Exchange
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection

Please email referrals to TAS.Birmingham@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Bristol

Level 7 (location D702)
Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
Horfield Road
Bristol BS2 8ED

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday 7.30am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 4pm

Directions

360° unit tour

Tel: 0117 342 1092 or 0117 342 1093

24-hour referral number: 0300 020 0496

TAS Lead Consultant

Dr James Griffin BSc (Hons), MBChB (Hons), PHD, MRCP (UK), FRCPath
Clinical Director - Stem Cells, Therapeutic Apheresis and Tissue Services
Consultant in Haematology NHS Blood & Transplant and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

TAS Lead Nurse - Ligi Thomas

Services provided

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Red Cell Exchange
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection
Platelet Depletion
White Cell Depletion
Low Density Lipid Removal
Extracorporeal Photopheresis

Please email referrals to TAS.Bristol@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Leeds

Floor 3 Bexley Wing
St James University Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF

Directions

360° unit tour

Tel: 0113 206 8131

24-hour referral number: 0300 020 0496

TAS Lead Consultant

Dr Marina Karakantza MBBS, MD
Consultant in Haematology NHS Blood & Transplant

TAS Lead Nurse - Charlotte Blacklock-Lumb

Services provided

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Red Cell Exchange
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection
Platelet Depletion
White Cell Depletion

Please email referrals to TAS.Leeds@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Liverpool

Therapeutic Apheresis Unit
Day Ward – Location 30, Level 1
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
65 Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L7 8YA

Tel: 0151 268 7231

24-hour referral number: 0300 020 0496

If you would like to make or discuss a patient referral please telephone 0151 268 7013

TAS Lead Consultant

Dr Therese Callaghan BSc, MB,ChB, FRCPSG, FRCPath
Consultant Haematologist NHS Blood & Transplant and Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Honorary Consultant Haematologist The Christie NHS Trust and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

TAS Lead Nurse - Renata Wakeley

Services provided

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Red Cell Exchange
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection
Platelet Depletion
White Cell Depletion
Extracorporeal Photopheresis
Low Density Lipid Removal

Please email referrals to TAS.Liverpool@nhsbt.nhs.uk

London

TAS London Office

NHS Blood and Transplant

26 Margaret Street

London

W1W 8NB

Tel: 0208 205 4401

24-hour referral number: 0300 020 0496

TAS Lead Consultants - Dr Maria Cuadrado Collados

TAS Lead Nurses - Katrina May Urbano & Aofie King

Services provided

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Extracorporeal Photopheresis
Red Cell Exchange
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection
Platelet Depletion
White Cell Depletion

Please email all referrals to TAS.London@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Manchester

NHSBT Photopheresis Unit
The Christie Hospital
Wilmslow Road
Withington
Manchester
M20 4BX

Directions

360° unit tour

Tel: 0161 434 8424

If you would like to make or discuss a patient referral please telephone 0151 268 7013

24-hour referral number: 0300 020 0496

TAS Lead Consultant - Dr Vickie McDonald

TAS Lead Nurse - Cesarina Goncalves Leite

Services provided

Extracorporeal Photopheresis
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection
Red Cell exchange
Leucopheresis

Please email referrals to TAS.Manchester@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Oxford

NHS Blood and Transplant
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
OX3 9BQ

Directions

360° unit tour

Tel: 01865 387938

24-hour referral number: 0300 020 0496

TAS Lead Consultant - Dr Kristy Sharplin

TAS Lead Nurse - Megan Fletcher-Biddle

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Red Cell Exchange
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection
Extracorporeal Photopheresis
Platelet Depletion
White Cell Depletion

Please email referrals to TAS.Oxford@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Sheffield

Therapeutic Apheresis Unit
Room O12
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF

Directions

360° Unit Tour

Tel: 0114 226 1378

24-hour referral number: 0300 020 0496

TAS Lead Consultant

Dr Khaled El-Ghariani MA, FRCP, FRCPath
Consultant in Haematology and Transfusion Medicine and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, NHS Blood & Transplant, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield

TAS Lead Nurse - Lucy Edley

Services provided