Researching, developing and innovating our blood and tissue services by harnessing the expertise of our people, and through collaboration with clinical and academic partners. 

Our vision is to embed research as a core activity throughout our whole organisation in order to provide the research evidence for improving and developing our blood and tissue services to patients. The overarching goal is always to provide the evidence-base for improving our services.

We envision

• Positioning ourselves as a key research leader.
• Providing insights on the factors affecting donor health and welfare.
• Evaluating the evidence for developing donor screening policies.
• Continuously improving blood component and tissue production.
• Assessing the transfusion clinical outcome.
• Proving through our research endeavours our ability to attract and retain the brightest staff and experts.

IBTS Research & Development Strategy 2021 to 2023