HNA Conference 2011
The HNA conference returned this year after a 3 year absence, great to see so many people there and also so many new faces. Change is in the wind so the time is right to air your ideas for the organisation and the conference, what would you like to see happen, be included on the …
Change to blood donor selection criteria
The lifetime ban on blood donations by homosexual and bisexual men will be lifted in England, Scotland and Wales. Ministers have agreed to let men who have not had sex with another man in the past 12 months to donate from November. Does this really make a difference, how many more donors is this going …
Haemophilia and HIV stories
Mary Stewart, Oral History Curator at the British Library, writes: The British Library oral history collections contain a wealth of information about health related issues, many from a patient perspective. Two powerful collections tell the life stories of people with bleeding disorders who were infected with HIV through contaminated blood products. Of the 1200 people …
Time to make up your face!
When you logged on to HaemNet, you were given a "default" avatar that makes you look like Mr Potato Head. This is a design feature we've included in our "soon to launch" social network for adolescents called SixVibe. The idea is that any kids under the age of 11 who register to use the site …