Preoperative Anaemia Programme

Preoperative anaemia programme 

The Blood Health National Oversight group (BHNOG) anaemia workstream developed a national pathway for the identification, treatment and management of patients who are presenting preoperatively with anaemia in December 2021. In order to maximise the use of the national pathway within Health Boards (HBs) the BHNOG successfully received funding for a 2-year implementation programme from Value Based Health Care (VBHC). The intended outcomes for the programme are to embed Patient Blood Management (PBM) within the preoperative setting to ensure equitable optimisation of patients. This will reduce avoidable transfusion due to anaemia, reduce length of hospital stays and improve clinical outcomes for patients. The programme is led and managed by the Welsh Blood Service.

 

Anaemia Dashboard

The Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) Information Delivery team has been working with the BHNOG Anaemia team to deliver a dashboard that will display:

  • The number of patients undergoing major surgical procedures
  • The percentage of those patients who have their Haemoglobin tested within 90 days prior to the procedure
  • Patient outcomes stratified by blood test results prior to surgery
  • The percentage of anaemic patients who have had a test of iron levels (Ferritin or Transferrin Saturation) within the 90 days prior to their procedure

The aim of this dashboard is to highlight variation, allow local teams to see their own data and help BHNOG identify areas of best practice throughout Wales.

Please note: Access to the dashboard is only available to NHS Wales staff

 

Click HERE for the dashboard

The documents in the drop down list contain recent communications from the Preoperative Anaemia Team

 

Launch Document

 

Newsletters 
March 2024

RCPAth Anaemia Poster

June 2023 Presentation

Anaemia Pathway Poster

Preoperative Anaemia Toolkit 

 

 

English Version Welsh Version
Iron in your diet Iron in your diet
CPOC Anaemia CPOC Anaemia

 

English Version Welsh Version
GP IV Iron Letter GP IV Iron Letter
GP Vitamin Deficiency Letter GP Vitamin Deficiency Letter
GP Oral Iron Letter GP Oral iron Letter
Patient Information Letter – IV Iron (Ferric Derisomaltose) Patient Information Letter – IV Iron (Ferric Derisomaltose)
Patient Information Letter – Oral Iron Patient Information Letter – Oral Iron