This year's Medal Lecture was structured around 3 core themes. First, that haematology sits at the very heart of medicine. Second, that acquired coagulation abnormalities in any patient invariably worsen outcome. And third, that pathology informs physiology and, in doing so, heralds innovations in patient care. From these 3 themes emerges a 4th: the case for medical haematology as a distinct, clinically integrative specialty.
Blood at the heart of medicine: a convergent model of coagulation and the case for medical haematology
July 2026
Professor Cheng-Hock Toh CBE delivered the prestigious Medal Lecture at the British Society for Haematology's annual scientific meeting, summarised here for Bulletin readers.