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
19 December 2025
Clinical issue of apheresis platelets in platelet additive solution (PAS) and plasma
starts 12 January 2026 from a pilot site
18 December 2025
The SHOT newsletter for December is now available
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18 December 2025
Further delay to elfh hub transfer to the Learning Hub
Update from the Patient Blood Management team
18 December 2025
11,000 requests for the blood group genotyping test
from January to November 2025
18 December 2025
Book now to attend transfusion science courses
NHS England (NHSE) funded places are available
27 November 2025
NICE draft guidance proposing wider use of tranexamic acid (TXA) to reduce the need for blood transfusions and improve patient care
NHSBT welcomes this draft guidance
27 November 2025
Online Blood Ordering System (OBOS): version 10.2
This version will be released on Sunday 25 January 2026
27 November 2025
Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT)’s November newsletter is now available
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27 November 2025
Reminder of programme extension and change in acceptance criteria
NHS England funded programme for blood group genotyping of Haemoglobinopathy patients
30 October 2025
Management of patients expressing an altered form of the D antigen in combination with the R0 phenotype (D+ C- E-)
advice from Red Cell Immunohaematology (RCI)