Health Economic Modelling of Blood Donation
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Economic evaluation of alternative strategies for maintaining the supply of blood to the NHS - Stated preference survey for non-INTERVAL donors
IRAS ID
191818
Contact name
Richard Grieve
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHSBT
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 3 months, 30 days
Research summary
The purpose is to identify the value for money of alternative strategies for maintaining the supply of blood.
Blood transfusions are an important aspect of NHS care and the National Blood and Transplant service (NHSBT) supplies more products each year than any other NHS organisation. In the future there may be insufficient blood, and research into alternative strategies for collecting blood is a high NHSBT priority. NHSBT has funded the INTERVAL trial to find out whether reducing the minimum interval between donations is safe and effective.
The NIHR has funded this study to:
1. Estimate the cost-effectiveness of reducing the interval between donations.
2. Investigate the frequency with which donors are willing to donate blood according to alternative future changes to the blood collection service
3. Estimate the cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies for maintaining the supply of blood to the NHS.This proposal addresses objectives two and three; a subsequent application will be submitted in relation to objective one.
This proposal involves undertaking an online survey of current whole-blood donors to investigate their willingness to donate blood under possible future changes to the blood service e.g. extending donation venues’ opening times.
Information from the results of the survey will be used in conjunction with linked data from NHSBT’s register of existing blood donors to predict the volume of whole-blood that will be donated under future changes to the blood service.
The subsequent cost-effectiveness analysis will predict the costs and cost-effectiveness of alternative blood collection strategies over a five year time horizon.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/YH/0023
Date of REC Opinion
15 Jan 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion