It is with sadness that Thrombosis UK share the news of Mr Brian Gardner’s death.
Brian died peacefully on 22rd February. He was a founding trustee for Thrombosis UK, or Life Blood as the charity was then called. Accepting the post of Treasurer, he was extremely able, ensured that Thrombosis UK got off on a sound financial footing and for many years was a key person in making a massive difference to the establishing, growth and sustainability of Thrombosis UK.
Just over 10 years ago Thrombosis UK joined UK healthcare leads to campaign for the mandating of VTE Risk Assessment in all English hospitals. After much campaigning, risk assessment was mandated and adverse VTE events have fallen.
Thrombin generation, thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT) levels, and prothrombin fragment 1+2 (F1+2) have shown potential as biomarkers of thromboembolic risk. The aims were to establish reference intervals for these three biomarkers and to assess the levels in patients with localized cancer compared with healthy individuals.
Tell Me Your Sweet Lies, a romantic thriller, was the first novel that Ken Gregory, 64, of Portsmouth was writing with his wife Gio.
But tragedy struck in September when Gio died aged 62 in September from thrombosis – a blood clot – while the couple were on holiday in France working on the final edits of their co-written romantic thriller novel.
