Mr AN told the Inquiry of having to insist upon procedures being carried out in the face of unwillingness from clinicians, and of then being made to wait around until the end of the patient list before being seen. Read more about Mr AN told the Inquiry of having to insist upon procedures being carried out in the face of unwillingness from clinicians, and of then being made to wait around until the end of the patient list before being seen.
Mark Buckland's father, Peter, told the Inquiry that withholding the information [that he had received blood from a donor with vCJD] from Mark was wrong. Read more about Mark Buckland's father, Peter, told the Inquiry that withholding the information [that he had received blood from a donor with vCJD] from Mark was wrong.
The Lothian Research Ethics Committee reinstated approval for TMER on the basis that the decision whether to inform someone identified as at risk by the TMER was left to the appropriate health authority. Read more about The Lothian Research Ethics Committee reinstated approval for TMER on the basis that the decision whether to inform someone identified as at risk by the TMER was left to the appropriate health authority.
Professor Will of NCJDRSU made an application to reconsider ethical approval for the TMER on the basis it was unethical not to do the study, because it might be the only mechanism of identifying transmission of vCJD through blood and blood products. Read more about Professor Will of NCJDRSU made an application to reconsider ethical approval for the TMER on the basis it was unethical not to do the study, because it might be the only mechanism of identifying transmission of vCJD through blood and blood products.
The EU Committee on Proprietary Medicinal Products to which the UK had recommended a policy of recall if a plasma pool was found to have been made in part from a donation from someone who had subsequently developed vCJD, agreed there should be a recall and SEAC agreed the surveillance until would set up a procedure to report cases. Read more about The EU Committee on Proprietary Medicinal Products to which the UK had recommended a policy of recall if a plasma pool was found to have been made in part from a donation from someone who had subsequently developed vCJD, agreed there should be a recall and SEAC agreed the surveillance until would set up a procedure to report cases.
SEAC recommended that the NBA should take steps towards leucodepletion of blood as far as practicable, pending results of an assessment of the risk of transmitting vCJD by this means. Read more about SEAC recommended that the NBA should take steps towards leucodepletion of blood as far as practicable, pending results of an assessment of the risk of transmitting vCJD by this means.
In the journal article titled "The same prion strain causes vCJD and BSE", it was stated that studies now strongly supported the hypothesis that vCJD was causally related to BSE. Read more about In the journal article titled "The same prion strain causes vCJD and BSE", it was stated that studies now strongly supported the hypothesis that vCJD was causally related to BSE.
The Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee concluded that the position statement on research into a link between BSE and nvCJD should not create expectation of proof of causative, although a link had been made between the two. Read more about The Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee concluded that the position statement on research into a link between BSE and nvCJD should not create expectation of proof of causative, although a link had been made between the two.
A risk assessment for the transmission of vCJD via surgical instruments was produced by the Department of Health in January 2001. Read more about A risk assessment for the transmission of vCJD via surgical instruments was produced by the Department of Health in January 2001.
The chairman of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee reported he had received a letter from Mr and Mrs Churchill, the parents of one of the nvCJD victims, asking for SEAC to consider whether there was a causal link between BSE and nvCJD. Read more about The chairman of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee reported he had received a letter from Mr and Mrs Churchill, the parents of one of the nvCJD victims, asking for SEAC to consider whether there was a causal link between BSE and nvCJD.