Dr Biggs wrote to Professor Edward Blackburn regarding the problem of coming up with a 10-year estimate of how much blood would need to be collected in the UK. The subjectivity of clinical need, as well as the difference between "demand" and "need" for treatments meant that it was not easy to identify.

Chronology Information

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Chapter/issue
Blood Products and Addressing Risk: Self-Sufficiency
Key Person(s)
Dr Rosemary Biggs
Professor E.K. Blackburn