Dr Frank Boulton stated to the Penrose Inquiry "Peter Jones and many like him were reluctant to... go back ten years or so to the style of treatments usually only cryoprecipitate or small pooled products which would reduce the dosage that children could get and return them to a risk of getting permanent joint damage from their early years". Read more about Dr Frank Boulton stated to the Penrose Inquiry "Peter Jones and many like him were reluctant to... go back ten years or so to the style of treatments usually only cryoprecipitate or small pooled products which would reduce the dosage that children could get and return them to a risk of getting permanent joint damage from their early years".
After 1983, Dr Jones would have children from around the age of six transferred from cryoprecipitate to concentrate for home therapy. Read more about After 1983, Dr Jones would have children from around the age of six transferred from cryoprecipitate to concentrate for home therapy.
Dr Jones rejected the need for a change in treatment policy partly because the emergence of HIV/AIDS "in a few haemophiliacs does not necessarily reflect the tip of an iceberg". Read more about Dr Jones rejected the need for a change in treatment policy partly because the emergence of HIV/AIDS "in a few haemophiliacs does not necessarily reflect the tip of an iceberg".
In a letter to colleagues, Dr Jones stressed that the link between AIDS and Haemophilia is weak and warned against withdrawing Factor 8 treatment. Read more about In a letter to colleagues, Dr Jones stressed that the link between AIDS and Haemophilia is weak and warned against withdrawing Factor 8 treatment.
In a letter to the Press Council, Dr Jones lodged a formal complaint about an article on The Mail on Sunday with the headline "Hospitals using killer blood". He argued that there was no proof that a virus was the cause of AIDS nor that it was imported from the US. Read more about In a letter to the Press Council, Dr Jones lodged a formal complaint about an article on The Mail on Sunday with the headline "Hospitals using killer blood". He argued that there was no proof that a virus was the cause of AIDS nor that it was imported from the US.
In his letter to The Lancet, Dr Jones recommended "continued, careful surveillance of the severely affected haemophilic population." Yet it made no mention of a virus as an infective agent. Read more about In his letter to The Lancet, Dr Jones recommended "continued, careful surveillance of the severely affected haemophilic population." Yet it made no mention of a virus as an infective agent.
A paper titled "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Infection and Neoplasia in Homosexual Men and Intravenous Drug Addicts" was presented to the Second International Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host. The paper named blood as a potential vehicle of AIDS infection. Read more about A paper titled "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Infection and Neoplasia in Homosexual Men and Intravenous Drug Addicts" was presented to the Second International Symposium on Infections in the Immunocompromised Host. The paper named blood as a potential vehicle of AIDS infection.
Dr Winter told the Penrose Inquiry that by December 1982 it should have been clear to clinicians that AIDS was a disorder transmissible by blood and blood products and that it was "the only clinical interpretation of the data that was available." Read more about Dr Winter told the Penrose Inquiry that by December 1982 it should have been clear to clinicians that AIDS was a disorder transmissible by blood and blood products and that it was "the only clinical interpretation of the data that was available."
Dr Dempsey would not have used concentrate at all "given what was likely - or what was going to happen further down the road." The NHS product might have been a "better modality of treatment" to have employed back in 1981. Read more about Dr Dempsey would not have used concentrate at all "given what was likely - or what was going to happen further down the road." The NHS product might have been a "better modality of treatment" to have employed back in 1981.
Dr Dempsey continued to use SNBTS concentrates until he became aware of the infection of patients in Edinburgh. He used the heat-treated product NY until July 1987 when the next generation product Z8 became available. He was aware that non-A non-B Hepatitis could still be transmitted by NY. Read more about Dr Dempsey continued to use SNBTS concentrates until he became aware of the infection of patients in Edinburgh. He used the heat-treated product NY until July 1987 when the next generation product Z8 became available. He was aware that non-A non-B Hepatitis could still be transmitted by NY.