Blood Transfusion
Recommendations related to blood transfusion
12
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (7)Accepted in Part (5)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 2 inquiries
Across 2 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
12 total
IBI-7a(i)
Accepted in Part
Infected Blood Inquiry
Transfusion Committees and Tranexamic Acid - England
In England, Hospital Transfusion Committees and transfusion practitioners take steps to ensure that consideration of tranexamic acid be on every hospital surgical checklist; that hospital medical directors be required to …
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle (Infected Blood Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, May 2025). - The Government stated …
UK Government
IBI-7a(ii)
Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
Tranexamic Acid - Scotland, Wales and NI
In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland offering the use of tranexamic acid should be considered a treatment of preference in respect of all eligible surgery.
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in full by the Scottish Government and Welsh Government. Accepted in principle by the Northern …
UK Government
IBI-7a(iii)
Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
Transfusion Performance Benchmarking
Consideration be given to standardising and benchmarking transfusion performance between hospitals in order to deliver better patient blood management
- The Government stated in December 2024 that a review of current benchmarking practices and associated data collection requirements was underway, including NICE guidance update …
UK Government
IBI-7b
Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
Transfusion 2024 Review Progress
Review of progress towards the Transfusion 2024 recommendations: Progress in implementation of the Transfusion 2024 recommendations be reviewed, and next steps be determined and promulgated; and that in Scotland the …
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle by the UK Government, Welsh Government, Northern Ireland Executive. Accepted in full by …
UK Government
IBI-7c
Accepted in Part
Infected Blood Inquiry
Transfusion Laboratory Staffing
Transfusion laboratories: Transfusion laboratories should be staffed (and resourced) adequately to meet the requirements of their functions.
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle by the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Northern Ireland Executive (Infected Blood …
UK Government
IBI-7d
Accepted in Part
Infected Blood Inquiry
Training in Transfusion Medicine
Training in Transfusion Medicine: That those bodies concerned with undergraduate and postgraduate training across the UK of those people who are, or intend to be, working in the NHS ensure …
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle by the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Northern Ireland Executive (Infected Blood …
UK Government
IBI-7e
Accepted in Part
Infected Blood Inquiry
Implementing SHOT Reports
Implementing SHOT reports: That all NHS organisations across the UK have a mechanism in place for implementing recommendations of Serious Hazard of Transfusion (SHOT) reports, which should be professionally mandated, …
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle by the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Northern Ireland Executive (Infected Blood …
UK Government
IBI-7f(i)
Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
Transfusion Outcome Framework
Establishing the outcome of every transfusion: That a framework be established for recording outcomes for recipients of blood components. That those records be used by NHS bodies to improve transfusion …
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle by the UK Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive. Accepted in full …
UK Government
IBI-7f(ii)
Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
NHSBT Transfusion Outcome Funding
Establishing the outcome of every transfusion: To the extent that the funding for digital transformation does not already cover the setting up and operation of this framework, bespoke funding should …
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in principle by the UK Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive. Accepted in full …
UK Government
IBI-7f(iii)
Accepted in Part
Infected Blood Inquiry
Blood Tracking Systems Funding
Establishing the outcome of every transfusion: That funding for the provision of enhanced electronic clinical systems in relation to blood transfusion be regarded as a priority across the UK.
- The Government stated in December 2024 that enhanced electronic clinical systems for blood transfusion were part of the broader digital transformation programme, but that …
UK Government
IBI-8a
Accepted
Infected Blood Inquiry
Pre-1996 Transfusion Testing
When doctors become aware that a patient has had a blood transfusion prior to 1996, that patient should be offered a blood test for Hepatitis C.
- The Government's implementation dashboard records this recommendation as: Accepted in full by the UK Government, Scottish Government and Welsh Government. Accepted in principle by …
UK Government
NHS England
PENROSE-1
Accepted
Penrose Inquiry
HCV Testing for Pre-1991 Transfusion Recipients
The Scottish Government takes all reasonable steps to offer an HCV test to everyone in Scotland who had a blood transfusion before September 1991 and who has not been tested …
- The Scottish Government established a Short-Life Working Group in 2015, comprising representatives from the Scottish Government, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, and Health Protection …
Scottish Government