A national service offering bespoke psychological support for people who have been infected and affected by contaminated blood or blood products has opened to self-referrals.
The Infected Blood Psychological Service (IBPS) began supporting the first cohort of infected and affected people in August 2024, with a full complement of 16 IBPS centres now open across England.
Infected or affected people can access our IBPS service via a national telephone line (0300 131 0444), which is operational from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Once people have been assessed, if support is required, a psychological review will take place and treatment will be provided by clinicians with specialist expertise in issues facing those infected or affected by contaminated blood or blood products.
More information about the full range of services provided can be found by visiting the IBPS website.
The IBPS has been designed following significant research and engagement with the infected blood community, their families as well as NHS staff.
The service is being hosted by the following providers:
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Guy’s And St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust