British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
an organisation for those with a professional interest in haematopoietic cell transplantation and cellular therapies
November 2025, Issue 11
Dear BSBMTCT member,
November has been a busy month with lots of BSBMTCT events. It has been lovely to see and meet so many of you. It was kicked off with our Education Day on the 4th November, organised by Dr Victoria Potter, our BSBMTCT Secretary. We held a special session for BSBMTCT Medical Statistician Rachel Pearce, presenting her with an award “In recognition of outstanding long services, commitment and dedication to the BSBMTCT”. Rachel retires at the end of December 2025. Thank you to all the speakers and sponsors for the day for making it so inspiring and memorable.
Photo: Dr Deborah Richardon (BSBMTCT President), Rachel Pearce (BSBMTCT Medical Statistician, Julia Lee (Head of BSBMTCT Data Registry)
The BSBMTCT Data Registry Team also held their 8th Annual Data Management Training Day on the 13th November 2025, a fully virtual and free event for all data management staff. The theme this year was “Rare Diseases” and we are very grateful to have had 3 fantastic speakers: Professor John Snowden, Dr Austin Kulasekararaj and Dr Reem Elfeky give their insights into Multiple Sclerosis, Aplastic Anaemia and Inborn Errors respectively. Thank you all for your time!
The BSBMTCT CTSC group co-chaired by Dr Pramila Krishnamurthy and Dr Anjum Khan had their bi-annual meetings on the 18th November 2025, which was very well attended despite the challenges with the strikes. Thank you to everyone that attended to give an update on their already approved studies and to those who came to present a new proposal. There is lots of interests in studies which is great to see.
The UK Clinical Community Consensus Statement on the Emerging use of PTCy is now available on our website: https://bsbmtct.org/guidelines-sub-committee/. Thank you to everyone who has been involved in the production of this important document. Please also visit this page for other guidelines produced by the Guidelines Sub Committee chaired by Dr Andrew Clark.
On the 18th November 2025 we officially opened our BSBMTCT Meetings Grant Round for EBMT 2026. All information including official communication, application form and handbook can also be found on the BSBMTCT website: https://bsbmtct.org/bsbmtct-meeting-grants/ The deadline for applications is 5pm on Sunday 28th December 2025. Please send all applications to Julia.lee@kcl.ac.uk. Late applications will not be accepted.
Work on the 16th Edition of BSBMTCT Executive Summary of Transplant & Cellular Therapy Outcomes in UK and ROI will now be able to commence following the recruitment of our full-time statistician. Huge apologies for the delay in getting this started. We are hoping we can deliver the reports later in the year/early 2026. We will keep you updated. Any questions please direct them to the Head of Registry, Julia Lee on julia.lee@kcl.ac.uk
More registry news…
Our Induction Manual E-learning platform aimed at Data Management Staff but open to all members has just recently published a new core module. Module 9 is about Post Transplant Care and Quality of Life. It is written by our IM Lead Ruth Paul and reviewed by our BSBMTCT Treasurer Dr Harpreet Kaur. We hope you find it instructive!
Finally, BSBMTCT Dates for your Diary for 2026
- BSBMTCT Scientific Day – Wednesday 6th May 2026
- BSBMTCT Scientific Showcase – Friday 19th June 2026
- BSBMTCT Education Day – Thursday 5th November 2026
Our Very Best Wishes, Deborah Richardson, Eduardo Olavarria, Fiona Dignan, Harpreet Kaur, Victoria Potter, David Reynolds & Julia Lee
British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies
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