Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 30 Jun 2026 | Updated: 0 days ago
Documentation
Description:
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and James Lind Alliance (JLA) have highlighted Patient Blood Management (PBM) as a priority for research and healthcare improvement. National reports, including the Infected Blood Inquiry (IBI), have also stressed the need for better data-sharing to improve transfusion safety.
Our Aims
The PBMPC research database will bring together real-world NHS data to help:
- Understand who receives transfusions and whether they follow best practice.
- Identify differences in transfusion care across hospitals and patient groups.
- Assess whether PBM strategies improve patient outcomes.
- Improve efficiency in blood use and reduce waste.
- Ensure equal access to high-quality care across all patient groups.
How This Will Help
By turning data into action, this research will support safer, more effective, and more sustainable blood management, benefiting both patients and the healthcare system.
Who We Are
This work has been developed by the NIHR Blood & Transplant Research Unit in Data Driven Transfusion Practice, a NIHR-funded research unit with over 40 researchers across multiple institutions and hospitals in England supported by the Regional Thames Valley and Surrey Secure Data Environment team.
Our unit brings together patients, the public, researchers, and multi-disciplinary clinicians with a shared goal: to improve transfusion care. By accelerating the use of large-scale health data, we aim to optimise blood usage in clinical practice and improve patient outcomes.
Is Part Of:
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Coverage
Spatial:
National
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
1 - 10 Years
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
- Statutory
- Care
- Audit
Sources:
- EPR
- Other
- LIMS
Collection Situations:
- Secondary care - Accident and Emergency
- Secondary care - Outpatients
- Secondary care - In-patients
- Prescribing - Hospital
- Secondary care - ICU
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Start Date:
01 January 2015
End Date:
01 March 2026
Time Lag:
Variable
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Delivery Lead Time:
Variable
Jurisdictions:
UK
Data Controller:
Thames Valley and Surrey Secure Data Environment (SDE)
Data Processor:
Thames Valley and Surrey Secure Data Environment (SDE)
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
No restriction
Data Use Requirements:
- Project-specific restrictions
- User-specific restriction
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
- OPCS4
- ICD10
- NHS NATIONAL CODES
- LOCAL
- SNOMED CT
- ODS
- OTHER
Conforms To:
- NHS DATA DICTIONARY
- OMOP
Languages:
en
Formats:
text/comma-separated-values
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
University College London Hospital
600000
Count
29 June 2026
Persons
Combined (linked)
2047000
Count
30 June 2026
Persons
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
901000
Count
29 June 2026
Persons
Hull University Teaching Hospitals
546000
Count
29 June 2026