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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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David Watters said, with the benefit of hindsight, that the Haemophilia Society may not have pursued claims for compensation for hepatitis with the enthusiasm it should have done.

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When David Watters joined the Haemophilia Society there were only two other paid employees, part-time secretaries who worked only mornings.

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During David Watters' term in office, there were a number of regional groups, of varying size and effectiveness, which tended to be concerned with their particular local issues and local fundraising rather than with national policies. Two members from each regional group formed a council which met with the Executive Committee two or three times a year.

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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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The Society made a complaint that Frank Dobson had not given a speedy response to the issue of compensation, as he had promised 10 months earlier.

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The response from Frank Dobson to the Society's complaint on the issue of payments was negative.

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Susan Deacon apparently agreed a wide remit with the Society for an internal inquiry.

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A Haemophilia Society HCV worker believed heat treatment was introduced in 1986 and therefore no one was at risk of being infected with hepatitis after that date.

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In retrospect, Dr Pinching believed that he qualified a statement he was quoted as making by the Mail on Sunday in 1983 that he would not dream of giving a patient American blood products.

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