Thursday 10 May 2007 - Paragon Hotel, Birmingham

Blood Supply Management is currently a ‘hot topic’.  In 2006 the National Blood Service of England and North Wales announced its strategy for 2006 – 2010.  The strategy included the modernisation of blood production facilities and the associated move to concentrate on three main production centres supplying local issue departments.   The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service has proposed the use of a Vendor Managed Inventory to handle a more centralised approach. The Blood Services in Northern Ireland and South Wales already operate in a centralised environment.

The BSMS Open Meeting is the only meeting dedicated to blood inventory management.  The 2007 meeting will give the opportunity to discuss how blood services and hospitals can work co-operatively to ensure effective blood inventory management.  The programme has been designed to cover 'Co-operative Blood Inventory Management' as well as all the usual favourites including the BSMS Annual Review and the Open Forum.

Presentations and workshop reports are in the process of being posted.