July 2023 Bulletin

Various initiatives are underway to refine the provision of transfusion services in the UK. In this article, colleagues from the Data Driven Transfusion Practice Blood and Transplant Research Unit highlight some of the key concerns and areas in which data, digital pathology and artificial intelligence can enhance transfusion services.

This article discusses the ongoing responsibilities of researchers to lead good patient and public involvement and engagement, the need for diversity and inclusion, and the potential this holds to address not just inequality of transfusion care but also inequity.

Increasing patient involvement in their healthcare has numerous benefits. An important way to enhance patient engagement is to provide clear, detailed information online about their lab results.

With the 75th anniversary of the NHS and the WHO’s declaration of the end of the COVID-19 global health emergency, an investigation of the impact of vaccination on health crises is inevitable.