Updated NICE Guidance on Tranexamic Acid (TXA)

Friday, 3rd April 2026 (

1 month ago

)

NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has today updated its blood transfusion guideline, simplifying when TXA should be offered during surgery - removing the need to estimate blood loss and focussing instead on any procedure with a bleeding risk.

🔗 View the updated NICE NG24 recommendations here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG24

For resources to support appropriate use of blood components, including Tranexamic acid, see resources from our colleagues in NHSBT's PBM Team: PBM toolkit - Hospitals and Science - NHSBT

Patient Blood Management Update June 2025

June 2025 (9 months 2 weeks ago)

Catch up with the latest Patient Blood Management (PBM) update.

Links

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/

https://my.esr.nhs.uk/

Midlands

BBTS TP Award and Speaker Nominations

February 2026 (1 month 3 weeks ago)

The BBTS Annual Conference in Glasgow, 15th -17th of September 2026

Action needed by the end of February 2026.

🏅TP Specialist Interest Group (SIG) – Award Nominations Now Open

National Transfusion Practitioners Network

Professional Development Framework for TPs-4th Soundbite

October 2025 (5 months 1 week ago)

Help Shape the TP Professional Development Framework

An email will soon be landing in the inbox of Transfusion Practitioners (TPs) across England, inviting you to help shape the main body of the Professional Development Framework.