The Update
News for hospitals and the transfusion community produced by Hospital Customer Services.
Print versions of each month's Update are available in the archive

Sp-ICE Notification
Scottish Blood Transfusion Service and Welsh Blood Transfusion Service

Accepting applications – MSc Applied Transfusion and Transplantation Science and CPD module
To start in September 2022

Book now for Transfusion Science courses
Spaces are available

Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) plasma announcement on the treatment of patients with TTP
Advice for our clinical colleagues following this announcement

National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC) updated Platelet Shortage Plan
The platelet shortage plan operates similarly to the red cell shortage plan with three phases dependent on NHSBT stock levels - Green, Amber and Red

NHSBT partners with Sheffield teaching hospitals to expand stem cell and bone marrow collection centre services for donors from DKMS (Delete Blood Cancer) from 1 April 2019
Providing services for DKMS will establish NHSBT as the only NHS provider to all three stem cell and bone marrow registries operating in England.

Invitation for TLMs to participate in the NCA's re-audit of the medical use of blood
The project group welcome your input.

Final issue of Blood and Transplant Matters publication, March 2019
The publication has been a regular newsletter for hospitals.

Changes to HLA selected platelets out of hours service from 13 May 2019
Following consultation a reduced service has been agreed.

Please complete our Blood Stocks Management Scheme Inventory Practice Survey asap
To ensure that you can appropriately benchmark yourselves.