Attendees Dr Mike Desmond Chair, LHCH MD Jayne Addison NHSBT Chris Bennett Wrexham Maelor Hospital CB Tony Coates Wrexham Maelor Hospital TC Tony Davies NHSBT TD Christine Gallagher NHSBT CG Steven Richards Stepping Hill Hospital SR Julie Yates Warrington Hospital JY Minutes Jane Murphy RTC Administrator Apologies Pete Baker Lydia Baxter Sally Evans Sarah Haynes Eithne Hughes Lilian Parry Royal Liverpool University Hospital Salford Royal Hospital Gwynedd Hospital Wythenshawe Hospital Wrexham Maelor Hospital Whiston Hospital Actions Item Original Action Owner Status no. Meeting/Date 2 09/01/2015 Minutes from RTT meeting on 16 th June 2014 to be Completed confirmed on website 3 (9) 12/08/2013 KP to send report on CMV requests along with KP Ongoing covering email/letter to 3 09/01/2015 to send CMV request report to TLM s & TP s at New Trusts 3 (6) 12/06/2014 MD to write to HTC Chair at Arrowe Park Hospital MD Ongoing regarding representation at future RTC meetings 4 09/01/2015 MD to check the requirements/criteria of the RTC MD New Chair s role at the NBTC Executive meeting on 22/01 & confirm these to following the meeting 4 09/01/2015 to distribute nomination form for new RTC Chair, to RTC members and to list of recommended possibilities New 5 09/01/2015 Attendance list from October RTC Meeting to be posted New on the NW RTC website 8 09/01/2015 Awaiting costing from Trafford Centre Odeon / New 8 09/01/2015 Arrange visits to other possible venues for education / New events to be held in 2015 8 09/01/2015 to look at topic for May s education event New 9 09/01/2015 JY to email contact at Liverpool University re 5 th Year JY New Medical Students & feedback at next meeting 10 09/01/2015 KP to send details of voting app recently used KP New 1
1 Apologies The persons listed above sent their apologies prior to the meeting. 2 Minutes of 16 th June 2014 The minutes of the meeting were reviewed and agreed. Action: to change to confirmed and post on website. 3 Matters Arising and Current Action List 9: CMV Requests Reports recently received. Trusts present, agreed ok to send data out de-anonymised. To be sent to TLM s & TP s at each Trust. Suggested report be sent out with covering letter. Action: KP to send report to along with covering letter / email. Action: Once above report received; to send out to Trusts. 6: NW RTC Meeting Attendance Action: MD to write to HTC Chair at Arrowe Park regarding representation at future RTC meetings. KP MD All other actions completed. 4 Succession Planning & Recruitment of New RTC Chair MD has given notice that he will be standing down as the NW RTC Chair at the end of 2015. Discussed and reviewed nomination form designed by. Not aware of any set criteria for nominations for this position apart from CV has to be submitted to Chair of NBTC. Action: MD to check the requirements/criteria for the role at the NBTC Executive meeting on 22 nd January 2015 and confirm these to following the meeting. Action: Following the above, to distribute nomination form to RTC members and to list of recommended possibilities. MD Tony Davies has asked for his interest to be noted in this role which he would be happy to do in retirement should no other nominations be received. 5 NW RTC Meeting 13th October 2014 Attendance / Evaluation Results This meeting was the 1 st meeting held as a stand alone meeting at Liverpool Blood Centre. Attendance Good attendance by members - 45 attendees including 3 HTC Chair s. 4 Trusts not represented. Action: Attendance list to be posted on the NW RTC website. Evaluation results 2
Reviewed and discussed for meeting. Completion rate of forms 56% Good feedback received 80% would recommend this meeting (other 20% did not complete this question). All top box results over 80% except question about the venue/facilities which scored 76% this was due to the layout of the room which will be done differently next time. 6 NW RTC Education Event Patient Blood Management Progress in the North West 14th November 2014, Evaluation Results Evaluation results reviewed and discussed. 93 delegates attended, total attendance 107-60% completion rate. Overall, event was well received and good feedback received. Top box results 95% Feedback - delegates not returning back on time to conference room following breaks. 7 NW RTC Meetings 2015 Dates and format of the meetings for 2015 were discussed. It was agreed that all future RTC Meeting will be held at Liverpool Blood Centre. This decision was made due to the minimal cost if held at an NHSBT site, location and ample free parking. RTC Meetings will be held separately to education events. This will allow 2 full day events to be held which will ultimately educate users who are the prime target audiences for these events. The dates for 2015 are:- Monday 27 th April, 1pm 4pm (lunch provided from 12pm) Monday 19 th October, 1pm 4pm (lunch provided from 12pm) 8 NW RTC Education Events 2015 Dates, venues and topics for the education events in 2015 were discussed. Provisional Dates Monday 11 th May, 10am 4.30pm (registration from 9.30am) Friday 20 th November, 10am 4.30pm (registration from 9.30am) Dates will be confirmed once venues have been booked. Venues & visited the Odeon Cinema at The Trafford Centre and were very impressed with the facilities. Location is accessible via motorways and ample free parking available. Both & easily got to The Trafford Centre coming from different directions for 9.30am. Action: Awaiting costing from venue and then decision will be made. Other suggested venues; Liverpool University and ACC Liverpool. Action: & to arrange to visit both venues. 3 / /
Topics Following the review of the evaluation forms from November s event, the following topics were agreed:- May, Midwifery / Obstetrics Event. To include:- - Paediatrics - Cord blood donations - Delayed cord clamping - Management of HDN - Iron deficiency in pregnancy audit November, Surgical PBM combined with trauma Action: to look at topic for May s event. 9 Working Groups 9.1 Education and Training Nurse Transfusion Awareness Day held at Countess of Chester, 10th October 2014. Education day for lab staff, Whiston Hospital scheduled for 2nd February 2015. However, this is to be postponed until later in the year. 5th Year Medical Students Review Group: Work in progress. Carmel Parker at CMFT is working with clinician at Central Manchester advising what is to be including in UPSA. Julie Yates has emailed contact at Liverpool University but no progress yet. Feedback is that the university are not interested in reviewing/changing but students are complaining about e-learning. Action: JY to email contact again at Liverpool University and feedback at next meeting. Highlighted how the focus of this working group may need to change. To focus on smaller & current / relevant projects for the region. JY 9.2 Audit Massive Haemorrhage in Trauma Recently issued individual reports to 5 trauma centres and a generic report to remaining Trusts. Also, sent generic report to clinical effectiveness committees for the region. Suggested an O Neg quick audit as the next regional audit to be completed. 9.3 Policies/Guidelines Pre-Op Anaemia: Project Officer appointed and hopefully will start sometime in January. Once in post, group will be re-invigorated TEG/ROTEM: 3 rd study day to be held 23 rd March2015 at Whiston Hospital. 2 SpR s involved in the planning. Smaller event for 48 delegates. Practical event with equipment 6/8 people per group. Target audience, anaesthetist trainees. Flyer ready to be distributed. Massive Haemorrhage Toolkit: Last updated January 2014. Next update to include alternative pathways for TEG/TEM. 4
10 RTC Budget Update provided an update:- Annual budget : 8,064 Sponsorship received: 5,200 Spent to date: 11,314 Remaining: 1,950 Items to be funded:- Stationery Deposit for education event in May Voting System Looking into purchasing with 3 other regions in the North (North East/ Yorkshire & Humber and East Midlands). Suggested a voting system can be done on an app via a Smartphone. TC used an app at the NEQAS meeting, gave Jenny White as a contact for more details. Action: KP to send details of an app recently used. KP 11 AOB TP Blood Bulletin TD advised that this bulletin will no longer be produced because it was felt it has run it s course and was now sufficently replaced by the PBM Newsletter. This would make a saving of 600 to the RTC budget. TP Meetings JY advised the frequency of these meetings are to be reduced to 3 meetings in 2015 and 2 meetings in 2016. This is due to the low attendance at these meetings. Suggested possibility of a joint TP/TLM User Group Meeting in October 2015. This type of meeting is held in Birmingham and is very successful. 12 Date of Next Monday 6 th July 2015 @ 2pm, Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital 5