Dear BSBMTCT member,

We hope you have all been able to enjoy the Spring Bank Holiday period. We have several important announcements and updates to share with you…

Chief Executive Appointment

Now that the pre-employment checks are complete, we are delighted to announce the appointment of David Reynolds as permanent Chief Executive of the BSBMTCT, initially on an 18-month basis. David commences this new 4-day role on 1 June 2026.

As many of you will know, David has worked with the BSBMTCT since May 2021 as a Charity Consultant and became Interim CEO in November 2024. During this time, he has worked closely with the Board, Executive Committee and key strategic partners to help lay strong foundations for the implementation of the Society’s Strategic Plan (2025–2030). David has played a central role in supporting the BSBMTCT’s modernisation work, strategic review and development of the Society’s first Strategic Plan, whilst also helping strengthen relationships with key stakeholders and partners. We hope you will join us in congratulating David and wishing him well in this new role. We look forward to the next phase of the Society’s development.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Hugh Allen, Chief Strategy Officer at Anthony Nolan, for his ongoing support, and to Henny Braund MBE, Chief Executive of Anthony Nolan, for her guidance throughout the appointment process alongside Debbie, Fiona and Julia on the interview panel. We are also extremely grateful to Anthony Nolan for its financial support in helping make this appointment possible as a valued strategic partner.

 25th Anniversary of the BSBMTCT Data Registry

Did you know that this year marks the 25^th anniversary of our BSBMTCT Data Registry which began in 2001. We have a huge amount to celebrate, and will mark some of these achievements at our BSBMTCT Education Day on 5 November 2026. Please hold this date in your diaries and come and join us for the celebrations. You may have noticed that the BSBMTCT staff team have been using the new 25^th anniversary edition of the logo designed by our Senior Data Manager, Marie Wilson. We hope you love it as much as we do.

BSBMTCT Scientific Day 2026

It was lovely to see many of you, both in person and online, at our Scientific Day on the 6 May 2026 at the Cavendish Conference Centre. We enjoyed presentations from a distinguished panel of speakers and would like to thank Dr Yisu Gu, Professor Hendrik Poeck, Dr Pavan Reddy, Dr Benjamin Mullish and Dr Ernst Holler. We would also like to thank the speakers who gave us an update on the IMPACT Trials and all those who presented as part of the John Goldman Abstract Prize competition.

Congratulations to our two winners of the John Goldman Abstract Prize, Dr Jennifer Vidler on their presentation on Immune profiles in recipients of DLI, and Dr Rachel Peck on their presentation on Determinants of CD34+ yield. We wish you all the very best in your future work and look forward to seeing more updates soon.

Last but not least, we would like to thank our sponsors for making this event possible. We are very grateful for your ongoing support.

BSBMTCT Scientific Showcase 2026

On Friday 19 June, the BSBMTCT will hold its annual Scientific Showcase, organised by Dr Sara Ghorashian, Chair of the BSBMTCT ACT Sub-Committee. This event will highlight innovation in the field of cellular therapy and provide updates on the latest developments. This is a hybrid meeting from the Cavendish Conference Centre in London.

The full programme can be downloaded here: BSBMprog.pdf

To register, please visit: https://collaborativeconferences.co.uk/bsbm-registration/

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

All centres should have now received a list of transplants and/or cellular therapies from the cohort 2020 to 2024 inclusive. If you have any questions, please email Head of Registry, Julia.lee@kcl.ac.uk or Senior Medical Statistician, francis.adams@kcl.ac.uk

Membership Invoices 2026

All centres should have now received their first batch of 2026 invoices forwarded to you by Alex Slade from Collaborative Conferences. The first invoice to all members will be of the amount of £3,250. All allograft centres will then receive a 2^nd invoice approximately six months later for the amount of £2,200. Thank you for your prompt help in the payment of these invoices.

 Vaccinations and Infections Sub Committee

We wanted to draw your attention to the work of the BSBMTCT Vaccinations and Infections Sub-Committee, chaired by Dr Reem Elfeky.

Vaccination Sub-Committee webpage: https://bsbmtct.org/vaccination-sub-committee/

There have been a couple of new additions to the website, namely the updated vaccinations guidance post BMT (Updated 6 May 2026). Reem is also looking for any junior doctors who would like to be more involved in this area, please find more details here https://bsbmtct.org/bsbmtct-subcommittee-for-infections-and-vaccination-open-call-for-junior-doctors-shape-national-guidelines-unfunded-role/

Staff Contact Updates

Please do let us know if there have been any changes to your staff team so that we can update our membership lists. There are no limits to how many staff members you can add to our membership and circulation list. Please help us to reach them by sending your changes/additions to Alex Slade at alex@collaborativeconferences.co.uk

Your views are vital to us

As a membership organisation, we greatly value your feedback, ideas and engagement. Please do get in touch if there are areas where you feel the BSBMTCT can better support your centre, staff or patients, on Julia.Lee@kcl.ac.uk or David.Reynolds@bsbmtct.org

 Dates for your Diary for 2026 and 2027

 BSBMTCT Scientific Showcase – Friday 19 June 2026

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

With best wishes, Deborah Richardson, Eduardo Olavarria, Fiona Dignan, Harpreet Kaur, Victoria Potter, David Reynolds & Julia Lee