Updated NICE Guidance on Tranexamic Acid (TXA)

Thursday, 21st May 2026 (
2 months 3 weeks 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

Other Regions

Transfusion Training Survey Results Published

(9 months 3 weeks ago)

The Transfusion Training survey was a collaboration between NHSBT and the Royal College of Pathologist Specialty Advisory Committee, and has now been published in Transfusion Medicine: http://doi.org/10.1111/tme.13146

 

Education

NW RTC Conference Funding

(1 week 3 days ago)

To streamline the process and give members more flexibility, we are introducing a Conference Funding Request Form.

North West

Welcome Elisabeth Buggins CBE

(10 months 3 weeks ago)

Congratulations to Elisabeth Buggins CBE who has been appointed Co-Chair of the National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC). 

Patient Involvement