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Strictly Blood Transfusion - 3rd March 2009

A one day national education meeting, hosted by NHSBT and the Department of Health, was enjoyed by over 270 delegates. The event, entitled 'Strictly Blood Transfusion', provided the opportunity for Hospital Transfusion Teams to enjoy a multitude of engaging lectures from specialist guest speakers.

Presentations from the meeting can be downloaded by clicking on the speaker name in the programme listing below.

Strictly Blood Transfusion

Implementing the actions from the Health Service Circular

Tuesday 3rd March, 2009

Royal College of Physicians, London

PROGRAMME
 

10:00

Welcome and opening comments

Dr Bill Kirkup (CBE)

Associate NHS Medical Director, Department of Health

SETTING THE SCENE − DR BILL KIRKUP (CBE)

10:10

International data on blood use
(Presentation not available)

Mr Steve Morgan

Head of International Services

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)

10:30

Presentation of the results of the Better Blood Transfusion 2008 survey

Professor Mike Murphy

Consultant Haematologist / Clinical Director - Patients

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust & NHSBT

10.50 - Coffee & meet the manufacturers

IMPLEMENTING BETTER BLOOD TRANSFUSION − DR BILL KIRKUP (CBE)

11:20

Resources required to implement Better Blood Transfusion

Dr Shubha Allard

Consultant Haematologist

Barts and The London NHS Trust & NHSBT

 

How to build an effective hospital transfusion infrastructure

11:30

The Hospital Transfusion Committee (HTC)
How to engage users and senior Trust management

Dr Simon Stern

Consultant Haematologist and HTC Chair

Surrey and Sussex

The role of the Finance Director on a HTC

Mr Ian O'Connor

Director of Finance and Investment

Newham University Hospital NHS Trust

 

The Hospital Transfusion Team

Getting it started, keeping it going

Dr Derek Norfolk

Consultant Haematologist & Lead for Transfusion Medicine

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

12:00

Emerging Safety Measures

Mr John Forsythe

Chair of Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO)

12:20

Question & Answer session

12.45 - Lunch & meet the manufacturers

AVOIDING UNNECESSARY USE OF BLOOD COMPONENTS − DR ADRIAN COPPLESTONE

13:45

Active utilisation of Blood Stock Management Scheme data

Mrs Dilys Lees

Transfusion Laboratory Manager

Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust

Mrs Louise Sherliker

Transfusion Liaison Nurse

NHSBT, South Central Region

14:05

Regional Transfusion Committee's

Driving change through audit

Mrs Andrea Harris

Transfusion Liaison Nurse, NHSBT representing the West Midlands Regional Transfusion Committee

14:20

Management of Anaemia in Pre Op Assessment Clinic

Dr Stephen Jones

HTC Chair, Consultant Biochemist

Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust

14:35

How to set up an IV Iron Clinic

Mr Ibrahim Momoh

Clinical Nurse Specialist for Anaemia

Guy's and St. Thomas Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

14:50

How to set up point of care testing and the impact on blood use

Dr Charles Baker

Consultant Anaesthetist

University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust

15.05

Adhering to national indication codes to reduce blood usage

Mrs Lesley Hough

Transfusion Practitioner

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

15:20

Face 2 Face to E - learning

Implementation of 'Learnbloodtransfusion'

Mr Bill Chaffe

Transfusion Coordinator

Mrs Pauline Pratt

PA to Transfusion Coordinator

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust

15:35

Question & Answer session

16:00 - Summary & close
Dr Rowena Jecock, Head of Blood Policy Unit, Department of Health

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