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    Road Show Workshops at NBS Centres

    Delegates at the Road Shows held at NBS Centres had the opportunity to take part in two interactive workshop.  One on the clinical/laboratory interface and the other on ordering and replenishment.

    Questions discussed at the Cllinical/laboratory workshop included:

    1. How do clinicians order platelets in your hospital?
    2. What would you say has the biggest impact on platelet ordering patterns in your hospital
    3. What impact if any do you see on your red cell stock management from clinical ordering practices and patterns?
    4. Have you tried changing the clinician’s practice? If so what are the difficulties that you experienced?
    5. If you have had some success what strategies did you employ to change practice that you are willing to share
    6. What would be the most useful tool to help you try to change clinician’s ordering practice
    7. Do you think your use of O Neg is appropriate
    8. How can you reduce your use of O Neg

    The ordering/replenishment workshop questions included:

    1. What would your ideal way of ordering be for regular orders? 
    2. What would your ideal way of ordering be for urgent requests?
    3. What are your views on ‘on line’ ordering?
    4. How would you feel about the NBS issue managers being able to look at your stock levels to ascertain your ordering needs?
    5. What would you think of using a national call centre for ordering and queries?
    6. What are the reasons for the ad hoc orders that you make?
    7. Can you think of changes that you could make that would reduce the number of ad hoc orders?
    8. Would you consider holding a stock of platelets?
    9. What are your thoughts on the replenishment model?
    10. Vendor managed inventory might be considered by the NBS? How do you feel about this?
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    Overall summary from the feedback from all of the workshops held at NBS centres
    Summary of all workshops
    Feedback from the Clinical/laboratory interface workshops led by Craig Taylor and Andrea Blest and the Ordering and Replenishment workshops led by Heather Aplin, Tony Coates and Maggie Pailing.
    Birmingham Workshop Feedback
    Feedback from the Clinical/laboratory interface workshops led by Anne Benton and Jan Green and the Ordering and Replenishment workshops led by Emily Okukenu and Tina Lynch and Jane Leftley and Erika Rutherford.
    Colindale Workshop Feedback
    Feedback from the Clinical/laboratory interface workshops led by Derek Norfolk and Judith Chapman and the Ordering and Replenishment workshops led by Sue Cotton and Carol Troy.
    Leeds Workshop Feedback
    Feedback from the Clinical/laboratory interface workshops led by Peter Baker and Tony Davies and the Ordering and Replenishment workshops led by  Vikki Sandland, Lynn Rimmington and Paul Sharples.
    Manchester Workshop Feedback
    Feedback from the Clinical/laboratory interface workshops led by Hazel Tinegate and Denise Watson and the Ordering and Replenishment workshops led by Carol Troy and Richard Gray.
    Newcastle Workshop Feedback
    Supported by the UK Blood Services Site by Lightmaker