The Blood Stocks Management Scheme was established in 2001 to understand and improve blood inventory management across the blood supply chain. Hospitals and Blood Centres from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland are currently participating in the scheme.

Central to our work is VANESA, a data management system, where hospital and blood service data is collected. In return participants can view real time data and charts.

All of the details of the 6 BSMS Road Shows held during April, May and July are available on the website.

The feedback from individual Road Shows is available and an overall summary of the Road Shows held at National Blood Service centres.

Link to the 2008 Road Shows

Regional Road Shows were held in Birmingham, Cardiff, Colindale, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle.

The programme included presentations by Judith Chapman, the BSMS manager on 'BSMS 2007/8' and 'Data transparency' and Ian Henderson from Savant on 'The use and potential use of RFID in the blood transfusion setting.'

Delegates had the opportunity to attend two interactive workshops on the clinical/laboratory interface and ordering and replenishment.

The feedback from each of the workshops is available using the hyperlink below.  An overall  summary of all of the workshops held in Birmingham, Colindale, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle is also available.