Haematology Guidelines


The Guidelines are organised by clinical area (haemato-oncology, general haematology, haemostasis and thrombosis and blood transfusion) and by status (whether they are current, archived or works in progress).  They can be arranged either by date of publication OR alphabetically by 'topic' by clicking the arrows next to the column headings. The recommendations made by guidelines are reviewed regularly by the writing groups.  They are updated as required and will be rewritten if changes are needed.  Guidelines that are no longer valid will be archived.

Example:  to view all current haemostasis and thrombosis guidelines press the 'haemostasis and thrombosis' tab and the 'current' tab.  To view guidelines in production on blood transfusion, press the 'blood transfusion' and the 'works in progress' tab. 

Search:  The search function only works WITHIN THE PARAMETERS YOU HAVE SELECTED.  Therefore to search all clinical areas please ensure you have selected 'All' in the clinical area tabs.  Similarly if you want to search current, archived and works in progress, you must select 'ALL' from those options. 

Review :  Guidelines are reviewed every six months and are all current.

Date :  This is the year the guidelines were last updated.



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Become Involved



There are many ways for members of the British Society for Haematology to become involved in BCSH from joining the sounding board that reviews and comments on the guidelines prior to publication to becoming part of the guideline Writing Groups or Task Forces.



Suggest a Guideline



BCSH welcomes suggested topics for new guidelines, which will be considered by the relevant Task Force.



Haematology Guidelines

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TOPIC GUIDELINE TITLE DATE FULL GUIDE PUBLISHED VERSION AUDIT TEMPLATE

Thrombocytosis/thrombocythaemia

Thrombocytosis/thrombocythaemia
Clarification of diagnostic advice given in 2010 guidelines on thrombocytosis/thrombocythaemia
2013 Pdf

Iron Deficiency

Laboratory Diagnosis of Functional Iron Deficiency 2013 Pdf

Myelofibrosis

Guideline for the diagnosis and management of myelofibrosis
Guidance on the investigation and management of primary myelofibrosis, as well as post-polycythaemic myelofibrosis (post-PV MF) and post-thrombocythemic myelofibrosis (post-ET MF) in both adult and paediatric patients.
2012 Pdf

Hereditary spherocytosis

The diagnosis and management of hereditary spherocytosis 2011 Pdf Pdf

Iron Deficiency

UK Guidelines on the management of iron deficiency in pregnancy 2011 Pdf Pdf

Aplastic anaemia

URGENT addendum on use of rabbit ATG for immunosuppressive therapy
This is an addendum to THE 2009 guidelines on the management of aplastic anaemia.
2011 Pdf Pdf

Thrombocytosis, thrombocythaemia

Guideline on the investigation and management of adults and children presenting with thrombocytosis
This guideline appears in both the General Haematology and Haemato-oncology sections of the website - it is the same guideline in each section.
2010 Pdf Pdf

Haemoglobinopathies

Significant haemoglobinopathies: guidelines for screening and diagnosis 2010 Pdf

Aplastic anaemia

Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of aplastic anaemia
Please see also the 2012 URGENT addendum on the use of rabbit ATG in immunosuppressive therapy
2009 Pdf Pdf

Point of care testing

Guidelines for point-of-care testing: haematology 2008 Pdf
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