National Pathology Week (NPW) is The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) annual celebration of pathology, when they highlight the important contribution pathologists make to healthcare. NPW 2026 will run from 2 to 8 November. The theme for 2026 is ‘Welcome to the Lab’.
To help celebrate this fantastic week of events, SHOT has created a whole National Pathology Week page, dedicated to the Transfusion Laboratory. This page includes 7 tiles, one for each day of the celebratory week, each containing resources relating to the transfusion laboratory.
Click here to access the SHOT National Pathology WeekThe days include:
- Laboratory errors cumulative data page including the most recent SHOT report data and SHOT resources for the laboratory
- Transfusion IT resources including IT standards, IT toolkit and support during IT downtime
- Major Haemorrhage simulation toolkit, to ensure the transfusion laboratory is including in these training events
- Record of CPD activity document
- Laboratory communication toolkit including blood component communbication guide, example handover logs, and example telephone request forms
- UK Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative (UKTLC) pages, including access to the UKTLC standards and surveys
- ACE – Acknowledging Continuing Excellence page, where you can see previous reported ACE cases and follow the guide to report some of your own amazing work within your local teams!
RCPath and the Pathology Alliance are delivering a series of 13 online events that extend through the whole of November. Undergraduates, foundation doctors and trainee scientists (and any non-specialists interested in finding out more about pathology) are encouraged to attend these informative 1-hour events. Find out more and book your free place via this link.