Hansard entry 28 July 1988 Volume 138 col 539 re appointment of Dr Harold Gunson as National Director. He will undertake responsibility for the NHS management board in consultation with the director NHS Wales to perform operational responsibility at the national level for the NBTS and the Central Blood Laboratories Authority CBLA on behalf of the Health Ministers for England and Wales. The objectives include to implement a cost-effective strategy for ensuring an adequate supply of blood throughout England and Wales and for the supply of plasma to the blood products laboratory of the CBLA.