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
Patients and visitors should go to the Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Unit- Medical Daycase Unit and staff will direct them from there.
Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Unit- Medical Daycase Unit
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
Grove Lane
Smethwick
Birmingham
B66 2QT
Tel: 0121 471 2563
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
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
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
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
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
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
Services provided
- Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
- Red Cell Exchange
- Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection
- Platelet Depletion
- White Cell Depletion
Please email referrals to TAS.Sheffield@nhsbt.nhs.uk
