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In December 1982, Dr Kernoff had begun testing his own haemophilia patients at the Royal Free Hospital to see if their T cell ratios showed a relationship with their receipt of imported commercial concentrates.

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The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers recommended avoiding the use of factor products prepared from large plasma pools where possible.

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Grenada's World in Action Blood Money Part 1 was screened, a documentary about plasma collection from down-and-outs in the US, and the resultant increased risk of hepatitis carried by products made from such plasma.

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Granada's World in Action Blood Money Part 2 was aired.

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Dr Pinching was quoted in a Mail on Sunday article titled "Ban Danger Blood", stating that he "wouldn't dream of giving a patient American blood products".

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An article with the headline "Hospitals using killer blood" was published in the Mail On Sunday, which referred to two people with haemophilia suspected to be suffering from AIDS in the UK.

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In an article on AIDS, Dr Pinching stated that the source of Factor 8 concentrates should be kept under constant review, as well as blood donor policy, to minimise or eliminate risks.

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Dr Peter Kernoff (Director of the Royal Free) stated that "perhaps one reason why the risk of AIDS in haemophilia is so low (around 1 in 1000) is that many patients are immune to it."

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In a letter to the members of the Haemophilia Society, David Watters stated that the Society was not involved in negotiations about a settlement with the Government, and that the role of the Society had been to make it politically expedient for the Government to "settle our case" out of court now rather than in three or four years' time.

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Susan Deacon was advised to reject the Haemophilia Society's claims for financial support for its members who had been infected with Hepatitis C.

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The Society placed a reliance on the views of Professor Bloom who was not only chair of the UKHCDO at the time but a principal point of reference for the Society when seeking advice.

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AIDS was not discussed at Haemophilia Society committee meetings in early 1983.

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Professor Bloom wrote to a local GP, stating "a small percentage of these freeze-dried preparations contain, unavoidably, the virus of serum hepatitis and therefore potentially dangerous to the patient, his relatives etc."

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Dr Walford wrote in a report that 90% of all post-transfusion hepatitis was caused by non-A, non-B Hepatitis which could not be detected by testing. She added that this form of hepatitis could be rapidly fatal.

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The UKHCDO AIDS form filled in by Professor Bloom indicated that the first patient suspected from suffering from AIDS was recorded on 17 March 1983.

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Peter Wetherell described in his statement to the Inquiry how it dawned on him that damage had been done and they did not want to face it, and it would also have meant many people having abandon their treatment programmes.

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The UK Government expected that it would be found liable in court to compensate individuals who had contracted Hepatitis C from transfusions given in England when a reasonably effective test for the virus was available.

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It was stated in a Department of Health and Social Security memorandum that Scotland suffered an exposure to risks of infection for over a year longer than its English counterpart because of the delay in introducing heat-treated NHS concentrates in Scotland.

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The Haemophilia Society reported in its 1991 'Bulletin' that the NHS reforms had provided an opportunity to set out a detailed standard for the care of all people with haemophilia in the UK. Under these reforms, local health districts were responsible for purchasing the care that all people with haemophilia would receive. The Society's publication "Essentials of Haemophilia Care" also set out to educate district health authorities.

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The Manor House Group became a special interest group of the Haemophilia Society.

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