According to Dr Morris McClelland, when a confirmed positive donor was found at the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service a lookback process would be followed from the outset. However, such occurrences were rare, so the process was relatively informal and ad-hoc, and no additional funding was sought or obtained.

At a UK Haemophilia Centre Doctors' Organisation meeting, Dr John Craske stated that he thought there was "under-reporting from the Directors and about 30% under-reporting of AIDS/ARC cases nationally generally to CDSC." He also suggested that the only real way to judge the safety of materials was to do a careful study and follow up on batch numbers.

At a meeting of the haemophilia centre directors AIDS Group, it was noted that money for AIDS counselling had been provided to "each of the Reference Centres in England but not to the Reference Centres in Scotland and Wales. Belfast was still endeavouring to get funds for this purpose."

A Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service paper confirmed that "from a starting point" of 39 anti-HIV positive donors with previous donations, a targeted lookback undertaken by the SNBTS resulted in nine anti-HIV positive patients being identified.

The Expert Advisory Group on AIDS discussed the follow up of blood donations previously given by donors who were identified as positive for HTLV-3. Members agreed with the Screening Sub-Committee's recommendations, and it was noted that the "BTS was aware of the importance of good record keeping to enable the follow up of donations."

The Expert Advisory Group on AIDS discussed the AIDS counselling course at St Mary's Hospital. It was noted that about 160 people would be trained prior to the introduction of the HTLV-3 antibody test. It was agreed that an evaluation of the counselling courses was important.

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