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Contingency and emergency planning

Information on emergency planning and the management of blood shortages in hospitals in England and North Wales may be found at hospital.blood.co.uk/emergency/index.asp

Information on emergency planning and the management of blood shortages in hospitals in Scotland may be found in Annex C of this document

In addition, the Chief Medical Officer's National Blood Transfusion Committee established an Emergency Planning Working Group to review the lessons learned in relation to organisation of transfusion services following the 7th July 2005 London Bombings. The key recommendations of this group are summarised here

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This page was last reviewed on 25/01/2013