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Simon Stanworth
MA, FRCP (Paeds, UK), PhD, FRCPath
Professor of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine
- Consultant Haematologist
Clinical indications of blood components, through systematic reviews and clinical studies/trials.
Dr Simon Stanworth is a Consultant Haematologist for NHSBT at the John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust), and honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford. He has over 15 years of clinical research experience since gaining his PhD in 1995 from the University of Oxford. His research is centred on clinical indications of blood transfusion components, through systematic reviews and clinical studies/trials. Highlights have included several international randomised trials published in NEJM. He has published extensively, having over 150 peer-reviewed research articles, with an h-index 48; more recently he has been involved with 5 national guidelines. He is secretary of the South Central Regional Transfusion Committee. Dr Stanworth is a current scientific member of the BEST Collaborative from 2007.
Recent publications
Paediatric traumatic brain injury: clinical presentation, treatment approaches, management strategies, and outcomes. Insights from the CENTER-TBI study
Journal article
Graziano F. et al, (2026), Journal of Anesthesia Analgesia and Critical Care, 6
Obstetric Bleeding Study UK (OBS UK): protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a maternity quality improvement programme to reduce excess bleeding and need for transfusion after childbirth.
Journal article
Kotecha SJ. et al, (2026), BMJ Open, 16
Variation in antenatal anaemia guidelines across the NHS in the United Kingdom : A cross‐sectional study
Journal article
Haynes S. et al, (2026), British Journal of Haematology
Efficiency and safety gains from bedside electronic transfusion checks in four hospitals in England.
Journal article
Proudlove N. et al, (2026), Br J Haematol
Platelet Transfusion Practices for Critically Ill Children: A 28-Day Point-Prevalence Study in Three European Countries in 2023.
Journal article
Butragueño-Laiseca L. et al, (2026), Pediatr Crit Care Med
