How the NHS commissions services for rare bleeding disorders
Haemophilia, von Willebrand’s disease and other bleeding disorders affect relatively few people but require a high level of clinical expertise and treatment with expensive drugs.
Care of Bleeding Disorder Patients
The primary aim of care is to prevent and treat bleeding with the deficient clotting factor but optimal care requires more than the treatment of acute events. The following recommendations are based on WFH guidelines [WFH, 2013] but the principles of management are similar for VWD [Laffan et al, 2014]. Comprehensive care People with bleeding …