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IBI-7d

Training in Transfusion Medicine

Infected Blood Inquiry · Infected Blood Inquiry Final Report · Issued 20 May 2024 · Addressed to: UK Government

Government responseUK Government: Accepted in part (May 2025)

DeliveryScottish Government says in progress (Mar 2026)

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation

Training in Transfusion Medicine:

That those bodies concerned with undergraduate and postgraduate training across the UK of those people who are, or intend to be, working in the NHS ensure that they are adequately trained in transfusion, that the standards by which sufficiency of training is measured are defined, and accountability for training in transfusion be defined.

Infected Blood Inquiry, Infected Blood Inquiry Final Report · 20 May 2024 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

An action log minuted by the Scottish Government recorded in March 2026 that funding had been agreed with NHS Education for Scotland to take forward parts of the recommendation (The action log, Mar 2026). Previously, in November 2025, Professor Emma Watson reported to that oversight group that an NHS England-led group addressing the recommendation had been disbanded due to funding constraints (Professor Emma Watson, Nov 2025). In May 2025, the UK Government had accepted the recommendation in principle, noting that curricula were undergoing review but funding was needed to address training gaps (Cabinet Office response, May 2025).

Sources

The action log, Mar 2026

AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.

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This recommendation applies across many organisations. The record above reflects central policy activity; adoption in individual organisations may vary.

Government response

●UK Government · Accepted in part · 14 May 2025

Words of: UK Government, Full Government Response to the Infected Blood Inquiry's May 2024 Report (CP 1318), presented to Parliament by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 14 May 2025

The stakeholder group, including a range of professional and statutory bodies, have been working together to review and propose educational and training requirements. The group is currently collating patient safety e-learning material to provide a four nation mapping document for patient safety e-learning material. Curricula for medical, scientific, and nursing / allied health professional staff are undergoing review to determine future provision and recommended practices. Funding will be required to address training gaps and to establish practice educators to ensure future sustainability.

Extract from: Full Government Response to the Infected Blood Inquiry's May 2024 Report

Delivery

●Scottish Government says in progress · 24 Mar 2026

Action completed: Funding has been agreed with NES to take forward recommendation 3 and parts of recommendation 7.

From: Infected Blood Inquiry Report Oversight and Assurance Group minutes: March 2026, The action log (action owner Emma Watson

Site note: Scottish Government record (minutes of its Infected Blood Oversight and Assurance Group). It covers Scotland only and is not the UK position.

Site note: The source gives this passage once, for recommendation 3 and "parts of recommendation 7". The same words are recorded on IBI-3a, IBI-3b and IBI-7d. A later sentence of the same minutes names 7(d) as the part of recommendation 7 in hand.

Site note: The minutes are the Scottish Government's record, in reported speech, of what was said at the meeting of 24 March 2026; this entry records the group's action log, on the business case NHS Education for Scotland (NES) was to provide. The row is dated to the meeting; the minutes were published on 29 May 2026.

Earlier statements on delivery (0)

●Scottish Government · 11 Nov 2025

Emma reported that the NHS England-led group addressing recommendations 3(a) and (b) and 7(d), has been disbanded due to funding constraints.

From: Infected Blood Oversight and Assurance Group Minutes: November 2025, Professor Emma Watson

Site note: Scottish Government record (minutes of its Infected Blood Oversight and Assurance Group). It covers Scotland only and is not the UK position.

Site note: The source gives this passage once, for recommendations 3(a), 3(b) and 7(d) together. The same words are recorded on IBI-3a, IBI-3b and IBI-7d.

Site note: The minutes are the Scottish Government's record, in reported speech, of what was said at the meeting of 11 November 2025; this entry records Professor Emma Watson of NHS Education for Scotland (NES). The row is dated to the meeting; the minutes were published on 15 December 2025.

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