What is ACT?

A 'Not for Profit' organisation for healthcare professionals focussing on issues associated with the detection, evaluation and treatment of anaemia that encourages the appropriate use of blood transfusions.

What does ACT offer?

A knowledge exchange
Multidisciplinary and multi-professional networking
Training
A forum to present research and audit work

Recent Events

Managing Anaemia in the Community - Everybody's Problem

Birmingham, 19th May 2010

Organised by NHS Blood and Transplant

Speaker's presentations are available at: hospital.blood.co.uk

Royal Society of Medicine, 22 November 2009

The location of Gastro 2009 in London in November provided an opportunity to hold a meeting focusing on iron deficiency anaemia. The agenda highlighted the role of anaemia as an indicator of a gastrointestinal cancer and the need for early referral for investigation. The need to include anaemic status as a component of pre-surgery assessment and the potential benefits of pro-active management of anaemia, especially associated with colorectal cancer surgery, were explored.

» More details and summaries of the presentations...