NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT
organisation if it was able to take full advantage of the capabilities that digital technologies provide . NHSBT enables over 4,000 transplants to occur across the UK every year and has over one million blood donors registered to book appointments via the organisation ’ s online portal . It processes around 6,000 units of blood every day , supplying 200 hospital trusts in England with essential blood for surgery , trauma and blood transfusions . “ We maintain a regular supply of blood across the country and then we have a diagnostic and therapeutic services division , which is an essential collection of business units , providing specialised testing capabilities and therapeutic apheresis services ,” Powell adds .
The digital transformation that is now framing everything NHSBT does is all about connectedness and
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