Letter from Margaret Ghlaimi Department if Health to Mrs ANON Reply response in relation to the Haemophilia Societys Carpet of Lilies Campaign Basically an explanation has been give about the Hepatitis C and how and when it surfaced along with its treatment methods and how the hepatitis C in sufficient quantities to treat people with Haemophilia in the UK was not possible until the mid1980s and it was not until 1987 that there was positive proof of means of eliminating the virus As soon as the technology became available to make blood products free from hepatitis C the NHS introduced it There is no legal liability to justify compensation for people with Haemophilia and hepatitis C