Annual Returns for Birmingham Children's Hospital 1983 recorded an increase in Factorate usage with no indication of an increase in cryoprecipitate use Read more about Annual Returns for Birmingham Children's Hospital 1983 recorded an increase in Factorate usage with no indication of an increase in cryoprecipitate use
Memo from Barry Barber to Brian Dyos regarding the visit report of Birmingham Children's Hospital in February 1981. Factorate usage was the mainstay of treatment that year. Cryoprecipitate primarily used to treat those with Von Willebrand's disease. Read more about Memo from Barry Barber to Brian Dyos regarding the visit report of Birmingham Children's Hospital in February 1981. Factorate usage was the mainstay of treatment that year. Cryoprecipitate primarily used to treat those with Von Willebrand's disease.
Annual Returns for Birmingham Children's Hospital 1980 showed Factorate usage more than doubled from 1979. Read more about Annual Returns for Birmingham Children's Hospital 1980 showed Factorate usage more than doubled from 1979.
Annual Returns for Birmingham Children's Hospital 1979 showed commercial concentrate usage in 1979 was almost double that of 1978. Read more about Annual Returns for Birmingham Children's Hospital 1979 showed commercial concentrate usage in 1979 was almost double that of 1978.
Annual Returns for Birmingham Children's Hospital 1978 showed Factor 8 concentrate outstripped cryoprecipitate, with more commercial concentrate being used than NHS. The use of cryoprecipitate had reduced substantially from the previous year. Read more about Annual Returns for Birmingham Children's Hospital 1978 showed Factor 8 concentrate outstripped cryoprecipitate, with more commercial concentrate being used than NHS. The use of cryoprecipitate had reduced substantially from the previous year.
In 1977 Birmingham Children's Hospital treated its Haemophilia A patients predominantly with cryoprecipitate together with some commercial concentrate. No NHS Factor 8 was used that year. Read more about In 1977 Birmingham Children's Hospital treated its Haemophilia A patients predominantly with cryoprecipitate together with some commercial concentrate. No NHS Factor 8 was used that year.
The precise number of children infected with HIV as a consequence of their treatment at Alder Hey was unclear with a July 1987 report recording 16 cases. Read more about The precise number of children infected with HIV as a consequence of their treatment at Alder Hey was unclear with a July 1987 report recording 16 cases.
A report from the solicitors representing the defendant health authority in the litigation recorded they were "unable" to show that cryoprecipitate and NHS Factor 8 concentrate were not available. Dr Martin "says that he gave no consideration to alternative treatment." Read more about A report from the solicitors representing the defendant health authority in the litigation recorded they were "unable" to show that cryoprecipitate and NHS Factor 8 concentrate were not available. Dr Martin "says that he gave no consideration to alternative treatment."
A medical report on a child born in 1981, with moderate haemophilia, shows that he was treated with concentrates from the age of one and received treatment with concentrates on four occasions in 1983. The report from Dr Ludlam outlined that to justify the use of commercial factor VIII concentrate for this child it would have been necessary for Dr Martin to demonstrate several steps were taken to attempt to treat the child with cryoprecipitate Read more about A medical report on a child born in 1981, with moderate haemophilia, shows that he was treated with concentrates from the age of one and received treatment with concentrates on four occasions in 1983. The report from Dr Ludlam outlined that to justify the use of commercial factor VIII concentrate for this child it would have been necessary for Dr Martin to demonstrate several steps were taken to attempt to treat the child with cryoprecipitate
Dr Martin did "not make it [his] practice to raise the hepatitis issue with families" and similarly, did not "wish to worry parents with what at first seemed to be a tenuous link" regarding AIDS. Read more about Dr Martin did "not make it [his] practice to raise the hepatitis issue with families" and similarly, did not "wish to worry parents with what at first seemed to be a tenuous link" regarding AIDS.