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Grants of up to £1000 per person are available to support nurse attendance at our ASM.
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Today is
#WorldBloodDonorDay
as we recognise the volunteers who donate their blood to save millions of lives a year, and call on the haematology community to play their part in encouraging more people to
#GiveBlood
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BJH: Care of haematology patients in a COVID‐19 epidemic. (Free Access)
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New Guideline Available: The diagnosis and management of chronic myeloid luekaemia.
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Updated link: Guidance produced by the Expert Haematology Panel (EHP) focussed on Vaccine induced Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia (VITT).
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Our 60th anniversary is a time to recognise and raise awareness of the breadth of roles in the multidisciplinary haematology team and their essential contribution to improving patient care. Todays spotlight focuses on Haematology Ward Nurses!
#TheHaemTeam
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.. and that's a wrap on the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting here in Liverpool.
From all of us at BSH we wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to all of our speakers, volunteers and delegates for attending!
We look forward to welcoming you in Glasgow in 2025
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It is time for us to say goodbye to Dr Josh Wright as our BSH President, we are so thankful for all the help he has provided the society
As he leaves we reflect on some of his legacy and his input into our new strategy which can be viewed here:
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On the 19 April, we welcomed in the new BSH President, Professor Adele Fielding. Be sure to read or listen to her first message 'Changes' here:
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To highlight exceptional
#WomenInScience
, we interviewed Professor Adele Fielding. Read about her journey in science and her views on this year's theme of 'Investment in Women and Girls in Science for Inclusive Green Growth.
#WomenAndGirlsInScience
,
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Haematology professionals are playing a vital and challenging role in caring for patients today; we’re celebrating their dedication and achievements as we mark the 60th anniversary of the British Society for Haematology. Happy 60th Anniversary BSH!
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New BSH Guideline: The use of viscoelastic haemostatic assays in the management of major bleeding
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Today is
#WorldLeukemiaDay
- Help raise awareness here >
#WLD20
@LeukaemiaCareUK
@AcuteLeuk
@CLLAdvocates
@cmlnet
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The guidance produced by the Expert Haematology Panel (EHP) focussed on Vaccine induced Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia (VITT) has been updated.
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New BSH Guideline. Guidelines on the use of irradiated blood components.
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Our guidelines team have been busy - we have another new guideline, Diagnosis and management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: Third edition
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We have a new
#bshguideline
added to our website: The management of newly diagnosed large B-cell lymphoma
Take a look here:
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Good morning Glasgow! We are all set for our 59th Annual Scientific Meeting - remember to tweet us during the conference using
#BSH2019
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We have uploaded a new guideline on Significant haemoglobinopathies: A guideline for screening and diagnosis
View our latest
#BSHGuideline
here:
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Our next ASM is on 23 - 25 April 2023 in Birmingham. As part of an innovative and diverse programme, we encourage nurses to attend the conference. Nurses, submit your abstract and showcase your research. Grants are available to support attendance.
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We're excited to announce we have appointed a new CEO.
Carol Bewick will start in April.
Read about her appointment in the President's message:
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Following the recent developments in the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel our Annual Scientific Meeting which was due to take place in Birmingham on 26-29 April 2020.
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New British Society for Haematology Good Practice Paper. The prevention of central nervous system relapse in diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma.
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Dr Dima El-Sharkawi (
@DrDimaE
) presents a podcast on the Guidelines on diagnosis and management of Waldenström macroglobulinaemia.
Listen here:
#BSH
#Guidelines
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Blood cancer patients at increased risk of severe COVID-19.
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News: NHS preparing to offer CAR-T therapy to patients, in a move welcomed as a 'lifeline' by
@bloodwise_uk
Read more:
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📚 Take a look at one of our latest Good Practice Papers: Richter transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Submitted by Lead Writer
@tobyeyre82
and the team
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Interested in Lymphoma? Welcome to our first Lymphoma SIG podcast
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Celebrating
#NHS70
& Haematology: Professor Barbara Bain & Professor Ted Gordon-Smith explain how haematology has been central to the practice of medicine during the 70 years of the NHS.
Full video:
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We are so thrilled to introduce our new Board of Trustees, led by our new President Dr Sue Pavord
Take a look at our Board here:
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BSH are honoured to share with you our virtual exhibition which marks our 60th anniversary
Come and take a look at our online exhibition:
#BSH60
#60th
#anniversary
#BSH
#haematology
#medicine
#science
#discovery
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Read our latest Guidelines for the management of mature T- and natural killer-cell lymphomas (excluding cutaneous T-cell lymphoma)
#BSH
#Guidelines
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Abnormal crosstalk between blood platelets and cells lining blood vessels causes deadly organ damage in seriously ill COVID-19 patients, according to a new study.
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Absence of hydroxyurea-induced mutational effects supports higher utilisation for the treatment of sickle cell anaemia.
#WSCD21
@BipinSavani
@graham74GC
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Hydroxyurea may prevent cytarabine resistance in AML. Researchers have discovered that a widely used class of drugs may be beneficial to acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients who are resistant to a common treatment.
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We are starting this months
#TheHaemTeam
with a spotlight on the Consultant Haematologist.
#MultidisciplinaryTeam
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BSH are proud to be an inclusive society, therefore we are delighted to announce the gender split in speakers presenting at
#BSH2019
is roughly even, with 83 female speakers and 77 male speakers.
Join us in Glasgow:
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BSH is delighted to be working in partnership with
@AnthonyNolan
@bloodcancer_uk
and
@MyelomaUK
on a research collaborative to find out how effective Covid-19 vaccines are for people with blood cancer.
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Interested in sickle cell? Dr Eugene Oteng-Ntim presents on the draft Guidelines Management of sickle cell disease in pregnancy. The guidelines is aimed to be published summer 2021.
Listen here:
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A new educational haematology podcast that features interviews with senior clinical staff has seen early success since its launch earlier in 2019, including being shortlisted for a
@NursingTimes
award:
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BJH Article: Survival study of hospitalized patients with concurrent Covid‐19 and haematological malignancies
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Have you read our latest
#BSHguideline
on the diagnosis and management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and thrombotic microangiopathies
Take a look here:
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Good luck to all the new haematology SPRs starting today or soon. For those wishing to give useful advice or tips use
#haemST3TopTips
⬅️ follow if you’re new!
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New image: MYC overexpressing acute myeloid leukaemia with botryoid white cell nuclei as well as unusual cytoplasmic inclusions: Discover more
#haematology
images and case reports on our website
#education
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...and that is a wrap on the 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting.
It has been lovely to see so many of you in Manchester Central and viewing our content online.
A massive thank you to all of you for coming and to our sponsors - We can't wait to see you all again in 2023!
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Revised guideline published - BSH Spectrum of fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate products. View the full guideline here:
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New BSH Guideline published. Diagnosis and management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and thrombotic microangiopathies (TTP ).
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A new “potentially curative” treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma has been approved for use on the NHS, it was announced last week.
Read the latest
#BSHNews
story here:
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We are delighted to announce the launch of our new online education resources. Test your knowledge here:
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Take a look at our latest published guideline which explores the monitoring and management of iron overload in patients with haemoglobinopathies and rare anaemias
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Congratulations to the authors of A guideline for the management of specific situations in polycythaemia vera and secondary erythrocytosis: A British Society for Haematology Guideline
BJH
#Top20article
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Haematologists in particular those performing bone marrow transplants, need to be aware of the implications for their practices, since the introduction of COVID-19 into the human species.
@BipinSavani
@VUMCHemOnc
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What has been the greatest achievement in haematology in the last 60 years?
We want to hear from anyone working in the haematology specialty as part of our 60th anniversary celebrations
#BSH60
🔗
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Introducing another valued member of
#TheHaemTeam
: Haematology Physician Associates. Find out more about how they contribute to the team in the image below!
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An anticipated member of
#TheHaemTeam
! Introducing the Haematology Biomedical Scientist!
#MultidisciplinaryTeam
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We have published a new guideline!
First authors
@GuyPratt1964
&
@DrDimaE
provide guidelines on the diagnosis and management of Waldenström macroglobulinaemia
Take a look here:
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“The workloads can feel completely unmanageable, and it regularly feels as though you are just doing enough to keep the patient safe.”
BSH are undertaking a massive workforce project with help from
@alisonleary1
, which will build upon our 2020 report:
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Congratulations to
@bhwords
, who will be giving the BSH Medal Lecture at 9am this morning.
#BSH2021Virtual
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Check out bloodrhymes, educational haematology raps created by BSH member Stephen Hibbs. You can also come and meet Stephen at our ASM where he will be chairing two of our sessions.
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New BSH Guideline. Guideline for diagnosis and management of hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) and hairy cell variant (HCL-V).
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BSH ST3 Induction Course. This FREE course, led by Dr Andrew McGregor, consultant haematologist, and Dr Alex Langridge, haematology registrar, is aimed at ST3 trainees in haematology. More information and booking details on our website.
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New BSH Guideline: Guidelines on the laboratory aspects of assays used in haemostasis and thrombosis.
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For
#WorldThrombosisDay
we caught up with BSH member and thrombosis & haemostasis expert
@bhwords
as she describes her journey in haematology.
#WTDay2018
Meet Beverley:
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Sequencing bone marrow DNA in paediatric and young adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia could help to predict those who will suffer a relapse after CAR‑T cell therapy.
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Remembering to look for rare but unusual cells is sometimes the most important aspect of reporting a blood film - the race to save a 48 year old man from a rare disease. Read this interesting blog:
#haematology
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We want to say a huge thank you to our phenomenal task forces - who have achieved 15 published guidelines, good practice papers & position papers this year and with more to come in 2022!
Our guidelines can be found here:
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This is the last of our nursing roles within
#TheHaemTeam
so be sure to read all about the role of a Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist!
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Three trials testing anticoagulant therapy for COVID-19 have paused enrolment of critically ill patients, amid signs that the treatment may cause harm for this group.
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We are delighted to announce that BSH/EHA joint membership has been expanded so those outside the UK can also apply. Deadline for applications 10th January.
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Transfusion updates is a new online course aiming to deliver an update in transfusion practice for senior SpRs and new consultants, covering recent changes in transfusion practice. Free for BSH members.
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Congratulations to Professor Mary Frances McMullen for winning the BJHaem Editor’s Pick for 2018 Top Guideline, for the guideline A guideline for the diagnosis and management of polycythaemia vera,
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Congratulations to all the winners of the 2023 NIHR/BSH Researcher of the Year Awards
The winners were announced during our Presidential session at
#BSH2023
and are:
Consultants: David Tucker and John Snowden
Trainee: Meng Wang
AHP: Orla McCourt
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BSH member Dr Richard Dillon recently visited Egypt as part of our Plenary Speaker Scheme in October, 2022
We enjoyed seeing this snapshot of his travels
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BSH nursing day at our ASM. 28th April Lots of grant funding for nurses to support attendance covering registration, travel and accommodation costs up to £750. You do not need to be a member to apply for a grant
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Patients with blood cancers are more vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus than those with solid tumours, according to a major analysis.
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Take a look at our latest published Guideline, which explores the laboratory diagnosis of iron deficiency in adults (excluding pregnancy) and children
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We've had some good suggestions for Haematologists so far, our favourites being a 'clot', and a 'marrow'. Any others? 😀
What is the collective noun for a large number of doctors? Sister in MAU this morning suggested “a nuisance of doctors”.
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This year we had an unprecedented increase in the quantity and quality of abstracts submitted for our ASM. Although in March the decision was made to cancel our 2020 ASM, we have been able to publish the abstracts which are now available to view.
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Dr Christopher Fox (
@DrChrisPFox
) presents a podcast on the Guidelines for the management of mature T- and natural killer-cell lymphomas (excluding cutaneous T-cell lymphoma)
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Professor Dame Sally Davies talks about The impact of Antimicrobial Resistance on Haematology in the BSH Medal Lecture at
#BSH2019
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Haematology nurses come to our nursing day at our ASM on 28th April 2020. Day passes from £50 and grants available to support attendence. Register Apply for a grant Submit an abstract
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Learn how and why treatments differ worldwide. Read the first BJH Global View on Hodgkins Disease describing different attitudes to treating haematological diseases.
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📽️
#BSH2019
speaker Professor Isaac Odame spoke to us about his session on sickle cell disease, overcoming barriers by utilising screening programmes and when screening is most effective and why.
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Open to everyone and written by expert consultants and clinical scientists currently practising in the UK, the BSH Guidelines provide up-to-date evidence-based guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of haematological diseases. Access on our website:
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Congratulations to former BSH President Dr Victor Hoffbrand who has received the Wallace H. Coulter Award for Lifetime Achievement in Haematology from
@ASH_hematology
Read more:
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The Haematology Specialty Registrar is our final haem team member for this months theme of
#Inspiring
others. Read about the excellent work they do below!
#TheHaemTeam
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The NHS is to offer stem cell transplants to adults with thalassaemia for the first time, it has been announced.
Read the latest
#BSHNews
story here:
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New anti-coagulant without bleeding side-effects revealed
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BSH President Professor Cheng-Hock Toh talks about the highlights of
#BSH2019
. We look forward to seeing you next year in Birmingham.
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News: A large scale study by scientists at
@ICR_London
has uncovered novel regions of the genome involved in multiple myeloma, giving insight into development of the disease. Read more:
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