Dear BSBMTCT member,

It wouldn’t be very British of us to not mention the weather. We hope that you are managing with the heat and enjoying being outdoors when not at work.

Here are a few updates from us.

9^th Stem Cell Transplant Forum

The 9^th Stem Cell Transplant Forum took place in Oxford on the 3 – 4 June organised by Hartley Taylor, Fiona Dignan (Manchester), Tony Pagliuca (London) and Victoria Potter (London). There were some excellent speakers, including Julia, who gave an update on the BSBMTCT registry data. David presented an update on the BSBMTCT Strategic Plan (2025 – 2030) and the Society’s aspirations to develop a bespoke new UK registry. As a membership organisation we value opportunities to hear from our members. We received very helpful feedback and guidance, both in and out of sessions. We are very grateful to the organisers and sponsors.

 BSBMTCT Scientific Showcase 2026

On Friday 19 June, the BSBMTCT held its annual Scientific Showcase organised by Chair of the BSBMTCT ACT Sub Committee, Dr Sara Ghorashian. We are extremely grateful to Sara, our organisers from Collaborative Conferences and our sponsors. We would like to thank all our speakers Dr Farhan Anjum, Dr Michael Spencer-Chapman, Dr Shannon Maude, Dr Nirali Shah, Dr Jasmeen Dara and Dr Thomas Fox for their fantastic talks and insights into their expert fields especially with all the novel therapies coming into the space.

Partnership with Anthony Nolan

On Monday 22^nd June our first Partnership Council meeting took place with representatives from BSBMTCT and Anthony Nolan. Council meetings will be held quarterly to oversee the delivery of activity to meet our joint objectives to:

• Improve patient outcomes and experience;
• Strengthen the UK’s ecosystem for transplantation and cell therapies;
• Enable more effective collection, analysis and use of data;
• Support joint fundraising, advocacy, and research activities;
• Enhance the long-term sustainability and organisational resilience of all.

 We have developed a joint planning framework with priorities covering:

• Registry and data development
• Enabling research
• Education and training
• Policy, advocacy and influencing
• Commercial and Business Development
• Operational support

 We will of course keep you updated as we develop and deliver work together.

 17^th Edition (2026) of the BSBMTCT Executive Summary of Transplant & Cellular Therapy Outcomes and centre reports – deadline

Due to morning EBMT registry maintenance which closes the EBMT registry for data entry from 7am to 11am BST( https://www.ebmt.org/ebmt-registry/registry-release-updates ) we will be extending our deadline until Friday 3^rd July at 5pm.

If you have any questions, please email Head of Registry, Julia.lee@kcl.ac.uk or Senior Medical Statistician, francis.adams@kcl.ac.uk

BSBMTCT Membership Invoices 2026

All centres should now have received their first membership invoice of 2026. This would have been sent to you by Alex Slade from Collaborative Conferences. The first invoice to all members will be for £3,250. All allograft centres will then receive a 2^nd invoice approximately 6 six months later for £2,200. Thank you to everyone that have already sent their payments for the first installation.

Devolved Nations Representation

We remain committed to representing all our devolved nations and ensuring representation from all our member centres. We have started to reach out to our members within our devolved nations, with the aim to have at least one representative from each devolved nation on our BSBMTCT Executive Committee. Our newest member and representative from Northern Ireland is Dr Damian Finnegan from Belfast. We are delighted to have him join us.

Changes to staff emails/contacts

Please do let us know if there have been any changes to your staff so that we can update our membership lists. There is no limit to how many staff members you can add to the membership. Please send your changes/additions to Alex Slade, alex@collaborativeconferences.co.uk

Your views are vital to us

BSBMTCT is a membership organisation and our role is to listen to you, our members. If you have any thoughts or anything at all that you would like to share, do get in touch with us on Julia.Lee@kcl.ac.uk or David.Reynolds@bsbmtct.org

Dates for your Diary for 2026 and 2027

• BSBMTCT Data Management Training Day – Thursday 8^th October 2026
• BSBMTCT Education Day – Thursday 5^th November 2026
• BSBMTCT Scientific Day – Wednesday 12^th May 2027
• BSBMTCT Education Day – Wednesday 3^rd November 2027

Our Very Best Wishes, Deborah Richardson, Eduardo Olavarria, Fiona Dignan, Harpreet Kaur, Victoria Potter, David Reynolds & Julia Lee