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Dr James Uprichard

Clinical Lead for Blood Transfusion

MB BS, BSc, PhD, MRCP(Lond), FRCP

Based at: St George's Hospital

Background

Dr Uprichard graduated in medicine from University College London in 1996, completed PhD thesis in rare bleeding disorders. He was appointed as clinical lecturer in haemostasis at Imperial College in 2007.

He then completed a clinical fellowship in the North Thames Haemophilia Network and an elective in haemostasis at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, USA.

He was appointed as consultant haematologist at St George’s Hospital and honorary senior lecturer at St George’s University of London in 2011.

Areas of interest

Dr Uprichard has a specialist interest in haemostasis, including:

  • inherited and acquired bleeding disorders
  • thrombosis
  • haemostatic disorders of pregnancy.

St George’s Hospital is a major trauma centre, so much of his work involves the acquired coagulopathy of trauma.

Latest news

April 6, 2023

Immucor live at Croydon Hospital for blood transfusion

On Wednesday (4 April), the Croydon blood transfusion service went live with the Immucor system. Immucor is the leading provider of transfusion and transplantation diagnostic products in the UK. The new system is fully automated and has high accuracy.

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April 4, 2023

Hepatitis B and C screening in ED

In line with national guidance, Hepatitis B and C screening has now been introduced at Croydon Hospital. The purpose of the initiative is to identify cases of these diseases in patients who may not know they have them, so treatment can be offered early.

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November 4, 2022

Immunology services at St George’s and Epsom and St Helier Hospitals merging

Immunology services at St George’s and Epsom and St Helier Hospitals are merging into one service, which will be located at St George’s Hospital. This is taking place during October and November. 

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October 17, 2022

Microbiology services at SWLP live with a new Laboratory Information Management System

Microbiology at SWLP successfully went live with the new system on Monday 10 October. This marks a significant achievement for teams within SWLP and across the four trusts who have worked extremely hard to make this happen.

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