Awards

Many of the team have won awards in recent years. Here are some of the highlights.

Rebecca Cardigan and CDL, RCPath Achievement award for Innovation in Pathology Practice - research into 42 day red cells and reduced dose platelets in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and potential decreases in blood supply
Maggie McAndrew and implementation team received an NHSBT Recognition of Excellence for ‘Improved neonatal platelet concentrate product’

Marie-Anne Balanant, BBTS Margaret Kenwright award
BBTS Rebecca Cardigan received Kenneth Goldsmith award for original research within the field of blood transfusion together with her contribution to blood transfusion in general
Monthly award: Team award QI13318 National Committee June 2019 (Sian Huish)
Monthly award: Team award X-ray April 2019 (Athina Meli)

The Engineer – Collaborate to Innovate award – healthcare and medical category – winner for universal plasma project which is a collaboration with Macopharma, NIRI & NHSBT
Sian Huish – ISBT Young Investigator award
Recognition of excellence – Euro Blood Pack 2
Health Business awards – whole blood project team
Hollie McKenna BBTS Margaret Kenwright award “A novel method to quantify red cell contamination in platelet components”
Rebecca Cardigan – David Anstee Award for sustained excellence in research 2018

BBTS Margaret Kenwright award to Luke George
Anne Kelly – NHSBT National Excellence award - BEST paper
Institute for continuous improvement in public services, best collaboration award for Sanguis consortium developing a universal plasma component

Best research to impact on NHSBT service provision or delivery for 30-minute rule project CDL and NBL

Mike Wiltshire received an awarded for sustained excellence at the National Awards Ceremony 2015
Rebecca Cardigan was awarded manager of the quarter at the National Awards Ceremony
Dr Anne Kelly (NHS Clinician) was awarded thesis of the year at the National Awards Ceremony 2015 for her work on NHSBT’s PROmPT clinical trial. Rebecca Cardigan was the grant holder and PhD supervisor for this project

Previous years

Mike Wiltshire - BBTS Poster Prize “Quality of red cells after combination of prion reduction and treatment with the intercept system for pathogen inactivation”
Lucy Backholer – BBTS Margaret Kenwright award

Steve Thomas was recipient of the BBTS Race & Sanger award. This is awarded in recognition of “an outstanding medical/scientific contribution to transfusion medicine/science”

Rececca Cardigan was the recipient of the BBTS Race & Sanger award. This is awarded in recognition of “an outstanding medical/scientific contribution to transfusion medicine/science”
Mike Wiltshire – BBTS Margaret Kenwright award “Quality of red cells for exchange transfusion and their re-manufacture into red cells in SAGM”

Mike Wiltshire – BBTS Margaret Kenwright award “In-vitro evaluation of platelets concentrates prepared using the automated Gambro and OrbiSac system”

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