The 2026 Annual SHOT Symposium is a national haemovigilance event bringing together healthcare professionals to share learning, insights, and best practice to improve transfusion safety and patient outcomes.

TOPICS COVERED

• The symposium will feature a full day of expert-led presentations and discussions, including:
• Key highlights and first release insights from the 2025 SHOT Annual Report
• Sessions exploring haemovigilance past, present, and future
• Expert talks and interactive discussions on safer transfusion practice
• Patient and donor perspectives
• Poster presentations showcasing audits, research, and service improvements
• Networking opportunities and exhibition stands
• The day is designed to promote shared learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement in transfusion safety, with patient outcomes at its core.

This year’s symposium promises to be truly special as we celebrate major milestones in transfusion safety and practice:

• 30 years of haemovigilance and microbiological surveillance in the UK
• 25 years of the National Comparative Audit & the National Blood Transfusion Committee in England
• 20 years of the UK Transfusion Laboratory Collaborative.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The symposium is suitable for anyone with an interest in transfusion and patient safety, including:

• Clinical staff (e.g. doctors, nurses)
• Laboratory professionals
• Transfusion practitioners
• Haemovigilance specialists
• Quality, safety, and governance teams
• It brings together a wide multidisciplinary audience involved across the transfusion pathway.

SPEAKERS

The symposium features:

• Expert speakers and national leaders in haemovigilance and transfusion practice
• Contributors from key UK programmes and organisations in patient safety and transfusion
• SHOT team members presenting key findings and learning cases from the Annual Report
• Healthcare professionals presenting posters and abstracts on improvement work
• Patient and donor representatives sharing lived experience perspectives
• (Full speaker details are available on the programme which can be found at this link please: https://www.shotuk.org/events/annual-shot-symposium-2026/)

For more information, please contact: [email protected].