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Blood Transfusion

Link opens in new windowNHS Highland February 2008 Revised May 2008 (PDF, 341K, 49secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Orkney February 2008 (PDF, 589K, 1min 17secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Borders February 2008 (PDF, 407K, 59secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Lothian February 2008 (PDF, 343K, 50secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Western Isles February 2008 (PDF, 481K, 1min 10secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Grampian March 2008 (PDF, 323K, 48secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde April 2008 (PDF, 329K, 50secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Shetland April 2008 (PDF, 298K, 45secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Tayside May 2008 (PDF, 317K, 50secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Forth Valley May 2008 (PDF, 329K, 48secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Lanarkshire June 2008 (PDF, 409K, 1min 2secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS National Waiting Times Centre June 2008 (PDF, 319K, 46secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Ayrshire and Arran July 2008 (PDF, 319K, 45secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Fife July 2008 (PDF, 326K 48secs)

Link opens in new windowNHS Dumfries and Galloway July 2008 (PDF, 418K, 1min 4secs)

About these reports

These local reports present the findings from peer review of NHS board's performance against the blood transfusion standards.

About the review

The review process has three key phases: preparation prior to the visit; the visit; and the report production and publication following the visit. During each visit, each multidisciplinary review team assesses performance using the categories ‘met’, ‘not met’ and ‘not met (insufficient evidence)’, as detailed below.

  • ‘Met’ applies where the evidence demonstrates the standard and/or criterion is being attained.
  • ‘Not met’ applies where the evidence demonstrates the standard and/or criterion is not being attained.
  • ‘Not met (insufficient evidence)’ applies where no evidence is available for the review team, or where the evidence available is insufficient to allow an assessment to be made.

A final category ‘not applicable’ is used where a standard and/or criterion does not apply to the NHS board under review.

Each review team is led by an experienced reviewer, who is responsible for guiding the team in their work and ensuring that team members are in agreement about the assessment reached.