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Lifeblood: The Thrombosis Charity wishes to increase awareness of thrombosis among the public and health professionals and to raise research funds to improve patient care

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Saving Lives in Seconds

Ten of millions of pounds in compensation is being paid out to patients who develop blood clots in hospital. Most are preventable. ...

The Lifeblood VTE Awards ...

The Lifeblood VTE Awards 2012 ceremony and 10th Birthday Party was held on 4th February 2013 at the Houses of Parliament in London. Awards ...

Have you had DVT?

Thrombosis has been – and remains – a major cause of death in the United Kingdom yet astonishingly, this fact is not widely known. Most ...

Our mission in 2013

Having successfully achieved our target of mandating risk assessment for hospital-acquired clots in all adults admitted to hospital in England, we are turning our main ...

Lifeblood launches apps

As part of our ongoing awareness campaign we launched a new iPhone and Android compatible app called “iClot” during National Thrombosis Week 2012.

iClot tells you ...

New website goes live!

After much hard work and many late nights we are delighted to announce that the new look Lifeblood website is finished.

The new site has much ...

Lifeblood achieves Crystal Mark

Lifeblood: The Thrombosis Charity are delighted to announce that both their wesbite and information leaflets have achieved the Plain English Campaign’s Crystal Mark standard.

This acheivement ...

Our campaign "SPOT THE CLOTS" which came about from the many stories shared with us by people contacting Lifeblood of blood clots being missed by health professionals both in the community and in hospital gathers momentum and we continue to work hard to improve education of health professionals and awareness of the general public about clots.

500 thousand : Lifeblood - The Thrombosis Charity

estimated deaths caused by VTE in Europe every year

300 thousand : Lifeblood - The Thrombosis Charity

estimated deaths caused by VTE in US every year

60% : Lifeblood - The Thrombosis Charity

of all VTE cases are due to hospital admission

1 in 8 : Lifeblood - The Thrombosis Charity

patients will die as a result of a venous blood clot that develops while in hospital

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‘Mistakes’ led to death of man

A hip surgery patient suffered a fatal blood clot after ‘a series of mistakes and miscommunications’ at Sheffield hospitals, an inquest has found.

The Star ran the full story

Over 80,000 patients at risk of missing out on clot-busting drugs

NHS CONSTITUTION IGNORED AS OVER 80,000 PATIENTS AT RISK OF MISSING OUT ON CLOT-BUSTING DRUGS

The NHS has broken ...

Anna runs for Lifeblood

Annya Curtin is running the Great Manchester Run on 26th May for Lifeblood in memory of her Dad whose birthday would have been on the same day, making it all ...

Kim wirites a Metro blog supporting NTW2013

Kim Masters, a supporter of and fundraiser for Lifeblood, wrote a Metro Blog during National Thrombosis Week to raise awareness and promote our work. Thank you Kim.

Addenbrooke's promotes awareness in National Thrombosis Week

Developing a blood clot in hospital or while recovering at home following surgery can be a very serious problem if left untreated – however few people are aware of them.

A ...

Daily Mail article on NOACS

An interesting article in the Daily Mail online today about the new oral anticoagulants.

Flight socks and aspirin won’t stop blood clots says professor

Prof David Gradwell, Britain’s first Professor of Aerospace Medicine has told the Telegraph that air passengers are wasting their time by wearing compression stockings or taking aspirin to ward off ...

Gaming nearly kills woman

It has been reported that a Chinese woman acquired a deep vein thrombosis after a marathon 40 hour gaming session.

Here is the full story

Chris skydives for Lifeblood

Chris Harrison is undertaking a tandem skydive for Lifeblood on 20th July 2013 despite being afraid of heights!

He says ‘Thrombosis is a problem each of us faces in our lives ...

Amy runs half marathon for Lifeblood

Amy is running the Farnham Pilgrim half marathon on 15th September 2013 in memory of her beloved Father who sadly succumbed to pulmonary embolism in 2012.

Thank you so very much ...

NICE issue draft guidance recommending rivaroxaban (Xarelto) for treating PE and prevention ...

We welcome this decision as a PE can be a terrifying event that can strike without warning, often resulting in patients having to spend time in intensive care, sometimes facing ...

Georgina, Leonie, Francesca and Andy run Superhero 10k for Lifeblood

On 19th May 2013 Georgina Arme, Leonie Joslin, Francesca Lancioni and Andy Cartlidge will be participating in the Superhero 10k Run in Regent’s Park in memory of Georgina’s Mum, Marie, ...

Life After Thrombosis Study

The Life After Thrombosis Project is being run by the University of Swansea and is a study designed to identify the emotional and psychological consequences of having experienced a thrombosis. ...

NICE QS29 quality standards

The NICE Diagnosis and Management of Venous Thromboembolic Diseases quality standard QS29 has been published on the NICE website today.

You can view the quality standard here.

Hospital 'neglect' led to dad's death

Edward McKean, a 52-year-old father of three, died in a Coventry hospital after doctors failed to give him essential blood thinning drugs following brain surgery.

The Coventy Telegraph has run ...

Blackburn Rovers Paul Robinson has PE

Blackburn Rovers have been rocked by the news that goalkeeper Paul Robinson has been ruled out for at least the next six months – after a blood clot was found ...

Scottish Medicines Consortium passes rivaroxaban for use in the treatment and prevention ...

NHS patients in Scotland will be the first in the UK to benefit from a new drug to treat potentially life-threatening blood clots.

The Scottish Medicines Consortium has passed the ...

Jennifer Johnson raises e-petition for free anticoagulant prescriptions

Help Jennifer secure a debate in the House of Commons about free prescriptions for anticoagulant users by signing her e-petition

AiP 7th Annual Conference

Anticoagulation in Practice (AiP) is running its seventh annual conference on 23rd & 24th March 2013
Leonard Deacon Centre, The Medical School of the University of Birmingham
The agenda ...

Alyson sponsors fashion show for National Thrombosis Week promotion

Long-term Lifeblood supporter and fundraiser Alyson Reay is sponsoring a Fundraising Fashion Show in partnership with Retail Therapy Shows as part of National Thrombosis Week.

Thank you so much for ...

BMI Healthcare celebrates

BMI Healthcare celebrates earning their award for clinical and strategic implementation and ongoing development of the Department of Health’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention programme at our 4th ...

Best Obstetrics Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Programme

The Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust News celebrate Sheena Patel (Specialist Anticoagulation Pharmacist), Dr Helen Yarranton (Consultant Haematologist) and Mr Amer Raza (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist) being awarded ...

Lifeblood VTE Awards 2012 ceremony and 10th Birthday Party

The Lifeblood VTE Awards 2012 ceremony and 10th Birthday Party was held on 4th February 2013 at the Houses of Parliament in London.

Five National awards were given in ...

Hormone treatment for acne and PCOS in young women

An interesting article in the Daily Mail about the use of Dianette for acne and polycystic ovary syndrome in young women

The 3rd Scientific Meeting of the TRAD Alliance

The 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Thrombosis Research in Advanced Disease (TRAD) Alliance
Thursday 28th March 2013
The Medieval Great Hall of The Company Merchant Taylor’s, York
Access ...

Ben skydives for Lifeblood!

Ben Webster is one of our younger fundraisers, not turning sixteen until next month (February 2013). Whilst on holiday with the Scouts last year one of the Leaders fell ill ...

Hillary Clinton develops thrombosis

US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has developed a cerebral venous thrombosis in the right transverse venous sinus.

Secretary of State Clinton also suffered from a deep vein thrombosis in her ...

Lifeblood launches apps for iPhone and Android phones

As part of our ongoing awareness campaign we launched a new iPhone and Android compatible app called “iClot” during National Thrombosis Week 2012.

iClot tells you everything you need to know ...

Amanda & Paul Sweeney climb Ben Nevis

On the 20th October Amanda and Paul Sweeney will be climbing Ben Nevis in memory of Amanda’s Mum, Linda, who sadly died 5 years ago unexpectedly from a pulmonary embolism.

We ...

Lifeblood collaborates in new e-thrombosis research study

The Medical Research Institute of New Zealand in collaboration with Lifeblood is undertaking a research study to investigate the role of prolonged seated immobility at work in the development of ...

Oral contraceptive pill causes teenager to develop clots

A teenager suffered seven heart attacks after a contraceptive Pill caused her to develop hundreds of blood clots.
Alyce Clark had been taking a daily dose of Microgynon for ...

Welsh Nursing Team win award at the General Practice Awards 2012

A team of hospital and community staff from the county have won the Nursing Team of the Year title at the General Practice Awards 2012.

The honour was bestowed on ...

A 22 year old Nothern Ireland man dies one week after knee ...

The family of a sport-loving student who died one week after undergoing knee surgery has called for an independent probe. Legal studies student Niall Comerford collapsed at college one week ...

Santa Run 2012

Do It For Charity Santa Run 2012

We had 5 runners sign up for this year’s event and it was featured on London Tonight too!

View the short video here …… ...

Low-Dose Aspirin for Preventing Recurrent VTE

Use of aspirin is a consideration after patients have had anticoagulant therapy. Whilst it is not as good as long term oral anticoagulation, it does reduce the risk of recurrent ...

Understanding Haematology tests - when to refer

The Primary Care Clinical Sciences department at University of Birmingham are running a course entitled ‘Understanding Haematology tests – when to refer’ on Tuesday 5th February 2013.

Please follow the ...

Health board criticised for "failures"

A south Wales health board has been severely criticised by a watchdog after a woman died of a blood clot two days after she was discharged from hospital.

To read ...

The Welsh Health and Social Care committee report on the prevention of ...

The Welsh Health and Social Care committee have produced their report from a one day hearing where Lifeblood (especially Dr Simon Noble, Lifeblood’s Medical Director in Wales) influenced their word ...

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