On November 4, to commemorate Patient Blood Management (PBM) Awareness Week, Blood and Beyond submitted to the European Commissioner of Health and Animal Welfare, Oliver Varhelyi, a Joint MEP Statement in which 11 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from across Europe and representing four political groups called on the European Commission to recognize the importance of blood health and promote its advancement through Patient Blood Management (PBM).

The Joint MEP Statement highlights the latest WHO guidance on implementing Patient Blood Management to improve global blood health status and stresses that it offers the European Commission an opportunity to provide concrete recommendations on how PBM can be implemented as an overall framework to enhance blood health across Europe.

The signatories of the Joint MEP Statement as of November 4, 2025, are Tomislav Sokol (EPP, Croatia), Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP, Cyprus), Adam Jarubas (EPP, Poland), Maria Elena Nevado del Campo (EPP, Spain), Andras Kulja (EPP, Hungary), Laurent Castillo (EPP, France), Romana Jerkovic (S&D, Croatia), Vytenis Andriukaitis (S&D, Lithuania), Nikos Papandreou (S&D, Greece), Olivier Chastel (Renew Europe, Belgium), and Ignazio Roberto Marino (Greens, Italy).

Similarly, the Joint MEP Statement is endorsed by various stakeholders interested in improving blood health in Europe and globally such as the Belgian Quality in Transfusion (BeQuinT), the Global Alliance for Patient Access (GAfPA), the Haematology Nurses & Healthcare Professionals Group (HNHCP), the International Federation of Patient Blood Management (IFPBM), the Network for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management, Haemostasis and Thrombosis (NATA), the Thalassemia International Federation (TIF), and the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiology (WFSA).

If you wish to add your support to the Joint MEP Statement, you can do so here.