- AWBS Update – April 2016 (4/29/2016) - As I write this update, we are literally days away from go live when the Welsh Blood Service will be responsible for the collection, testing and processing of blood collected from North Wales Donors. The Welsh Blood Service (WBS) will then be responsible for the issue of finished blood components to Betsi Cadwaladr University Health … Continue reading AWBS Update – April 2016
- AWBS Update – March 2016 (3/7/2016) - As I write this update on the 8th of March 2016, we have 40 working days until the All Wales service is live. Much has moved on in the preceding months and we have been working really hard to deliver the infrastructure required to provide a high quality blood service for all of Wales. The … Continue reading AWBS Update – March 2016
- AWBS Update – December 2015 (12/24/2015) - As we move closer towards the ‘go live’ date of 2nd May 2016 for delivery of the All Wales service, things are really moving at pace! Some of the key programme milestones achieved in the last few months are outlined below. New Regional Base in Wrexham The contractors are officially handing over the keys to … Continue reading AWBS Update – December 2015
- 198 working days to go before we will be operating as a service in North Wales! (7/21/2015) - Several key milestones have been achieved in June/ July as move from the planning to the implementation phase of the All Wales Blood Service programme.
- The latest meeting of the All Wales Blood Service (AWBS) Programme Board was held on Monday 30 March (4/8/2015) - We were pleased to advise the Board that the Business Justification Case had now been scrutinised by the Welsh Government and there were only a small number of queries that were currently being resolved.
- Following a very productive meeting of the All Wales Blood Service Programme Board (2/26/2015) - On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 it was agreed that the current NHSBT staff delivering the North Wales service will transfer across to the Welsh Blood Service under the TUPE Regulations.
- It has been another busy couple of months establishing the All Wales blood service. (11/19/2014) - During October many of the programme activities have concentrated on facilitating Velindre’s internal approval of the AWBS Programme Vision, Blueprint and Governance Plans.
- It is an exciting time at the Welsh Blood Service! (10/9/2014) - The months of July, August and September have been really busy months for the All Wales Blood Service Programme (AWBS) and a lot has been achieved in a short space of time