“The International Quality Forum for JACIE Centres (formerly JACIE Quality Forum UK & Ireland) was established in 2004 (with 6 members!) and is run by a group of Quality professionals from across the UK” . We were originally known as the Blood and Marrow Transplant Quality Forum UK & Ireland. Our reputation spread as our membership grew and we are now the International Quality Forum for JACIE Centres, with 158 members across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and Australasia.

Anne Emmett (Honorary Member). Anne was one of the founding members of the UK & Ireland JACIE Quality Forum and recently retired as QM at GOSH. She is a leading JACIE Inspector, a member of the JACIE Quality Managers Committee, and sits on the JACIE Accreditation Committee. She was a regular co-author of JACIE standards. Anne will retire from JACIE activities at the EBMT conference in Madrid in 2026. The committee and members past and present wish to recognise her immense contribution to our community and wish her well for her retirement.

The Committee also gives ad hoc advice and guidance to members.

• There are currently 158 active members listed, from the UK, Eire, Australia, Finland, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain and Germany. Members are from NHS, NHSBT and private and other state healthcare organisations. 52 hospitals and 6 private sector organisations are represented
• The forum aims to provide education in HSCT and Cellular Therapies, and Quality Assurance principles and techniques, to Quality professionals in the field of Haematology transplantation. We aim to share best practices, support developing programmes and also raise the profile of Quality professionals in this sector.
• We aim to hold two meetings a year, one virtually, and one hybrid. We usually look at Spring and Autumn for meeting dates.
• Aspirations for the future are to develop a baseline job description and minimum NHS pay banding for UK Quality managers with help from BSBMTCT’s Workforce Development working group.

The current committee members are:

Rob Wosley, Chair – Rob is the QM for South West Peninsula Transplant Service based in Plymouth and is an active JACIE Inspector. He wrote the original inspectors’ exam for QM standards for JACIE and co-authored the QM standards for the 8^th edition. In the role of chair, he coordinates email and Microsoft Teams traffic, and organises meetings. He also sits on the BSBMTCT Executive Committee as the Quality representative.

Heli Belfield, Secretary – Heli is the Lead Quality Specialist at NHSBT and is an active JACIE Inspector. In her role as secretary, she maintains the membership contact list, and assists in organising meetings.

Sarah Holtby, Treasurer – Sarah is the QM at Southampton and is an active JACIE inspector. In her role as Treasurer, Sarah oversees the funds for the Forum, which are raised from face-to-face meeting attendance fees and are used to support venue hire and refreshments.

Stuart Kennedy, Co-Chair and Co-Treasurer – Stuart is the QM at Oxford, a JACIE Inspector and a member of the JACIE Inspectors Committee. Stuart is a co-signatory to our finances and is involved in creating content for the Induction Modules.

Arti Kara, Education Officer – Arti is QM at UCLH and a trainee JACIE inspector. In her role as education officer, Arti is responsible for creating education material. She has been pivotal in devising the forthcoming QM Induction Modules.

Simon Cliffe, Co-Education Officer – Simon is a Quality Project Specialist at National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). As part of his role on the committee Simon will also be contributing to Induction Module content.

Ben Charles, Social Media Officer – Ben is the General Manager/Human Tissue Authority Designated Individual/Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Responsible Person at Biovault Technical Limited Ben is also an active JACIE Inspector in Quality Management and Processing and will be assisting with writing Induction modules

The International Quality Forum for JACIE Centres (IQFJC) is open to Quality Managers, Data Managers and other interested healthcare professionals in the field of Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy.

Here is a short video of Rob and Arti which was recorded at the BSBMTCT Scientific Day. It was a rare moment that we were all together in person so we seized it. As you can imagine the auditorium was very busy so please excuse any background noise.

We want to acknowledge the work of the Committee members past and present, the tireless support of Anne Emmett, who until recently ran our LinkedIn page and did so much more to organise the forum meetings and present regular updates on the JACIE standards amongst other things. Also, we would like to acknowledge the support, skill and expertise of Ruth Paul and Julia Lee from BSBMTCT who have helped us make this project a reality.