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William Wright wrote to Susan Deacon expressing concern at the lack of independence in a Health Department enquiry, which might involve officials being asked to criticise themselves "or other public servants whom they have worked closely with." He advocated an independent enquiry with a wider remit.

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Susan Deacon declined to undertake any wider investigation following a meeting with the Haemophilia Society.

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A meeting took place between SNBTS and the Haemophilia Society, attended also by Dr Keel.

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Bill Wright attended a meeting between SNBTS and the Haemophilia Society. He described "the surprise expressed by SNBTS representatives that someone could be infected as late as 1986 and us responding 'He is sitting here.'"

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Bill Wright described the increasing disillusionment experienced in 2004-05 with the response of both the UK and Scottish Governments.

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The Haemophilia Society posed a wide range of questions to the investigation called by Susan Deacon, including questions about treatment in the 1970s and early 1980s.

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The Haemophilia Society expressed concern that PCR testing had not been conducted properly.

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The Scottish Executive investigation was undertaken by a principal-grade civil servant, Christine Dora.

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Christine Dora stated that she took patients' written statements at face value and that no attempt was made to consider medical records.

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Christine Dora explained departmental thinking was that financial compensation was not the hoped for outcome.

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The report which Susan Deacon had requested on whether people with haemophilia in Scotland had been exposed to unnecessary risk of Hepatitis C through infected blood products in the mid 1980s sought to steer her "very firmly in the direction of not agreeing to compensation or special priority treatment for Hep C sufferers who may have been infected by NHS treatment".

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A Westminster Hall debate addressed the subject of people infected with Hepatitis C through blood products.

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Sammy Sinclair requested a note for Dr Reid regarding financial assistance for people infected with Hepatitis C through blood or blood products that set out the background and issues plus the latest state of play and the suggested line to take.

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Richard Gutowski wrote in a memo to Sammy Sinclair on Hepatitis C compensation that the Government's position was that they did not believe financial assistance was justified.

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A World Health Organization Scientific Group reported: "The present widely employed techniques for detecting hepatitis B antigen in blood are thought to be capable of preventing approximately 30% of cases of post-transfusion hepatitis."

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Blood donations were first screened for Hepatitis B throughout the UK, however, the screening tests used then were imprecise.

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In 1975, radioimmunological assay began to be used ("RIA") to screen for Hepatitis B with greater sensitivity, though still missing around one third of infections, and further refinements followed into the early 1980s.

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Sarah Fraser Butlin

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Charles Vincent

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Kieran Walshe

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