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An integrated plan for the National Blood Service and hospitals to address platelet shortages

  • Document type:
    Executive summary
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    18 September 2006
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    6514
  • Pages:
    10
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

The CMO's National Blood Transfusion Committee sub group on contingency planning prepared an integrated plan to address red cell shortages. A summary of the plan was issued to Chief Executives via the NHS gateway in July 2004. The sub group has now developed an extension to the red cell plan that lists actions to be taken by both the National Blood Service (NBS) and hospitals in the event of a platelet shortage.

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