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DHSS/CDSC/NBTS meeting at which it was noted that about 90% of all HIV positive donors who could be traced had been informed of their HIV status and told not to donate again.

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A review of the lookback scheme at the North London Blood Transfusion Centre was undertaken by Dr Hewitt. Dr Hewitt explained that "Sometimes the RTC has written to five or six doctors in an individual case (haematologist, surgeon, physician, referring physician, GP) without any of them wishing to take responsibility for notifying the recipient." This created not only an increased workload but also a delay in reaching the patient.

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Dr Harold Gunson wrote to Dr Spence Galbraith noting that regional transfusion centres "already have systems available for the follow-up of donors who are implicated in patients who develop Transfusion Associated Hepatitis" and he did "not see that fundamentally the proposal to follow-up donors implicated in patients who develop AIDS or the follow-up of donations given by persons who subsequently develop AIDS is significantly different."

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Sue Knowles wrote to Dr Andrzej Rejman noting that the South Thames Blood Transfusion Service carried out a lookback in which out of 23 implicated donors, 11 were "lost to follow-up."

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Dr Robb-Smith at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, wrote to the Ministry of Health regarding "follow-up of plasma and blood transfusion with regard to the development of jaundice".

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Dr Harold Gunson and his colleagues were advising that screening of blood donations for anti-HTLV-3 could start in October 1985.

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Professor Arthur Bloom produced an AIDS advisory document which summarised recommendations made at a recent meeting of haemophilia reference centre directors.

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At a meeting of the Haemophilia Centre Directors AIDS Group it was noted that there had been "frequent complaints via the Haemophilia Society about apparently appalling low standards of counselling at some Centres." A counselling day for haemophilia staff was therefore arranged.

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Dr John Craske wrote a letter to haemophilia centre directors explaining the CDC believed that the incubation period for AIDS could be five years. He provided lists of batch numbers of Factor 8 used over the previous five years by two patients who were subsequently diagnosed with AIDS. Blood samples were requested from patients who had received those batches of Factor 8.

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Dr John Craske wrote a letter to haemophilia centre directors noting that facilities for testing HIV were "in short supply", so it was decided that further investigations should focus on those with clinical features suggestive of AIDS and on prospective studies involving batches of Factor 8 "possibly contaminated" with HIV.

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Dr John Craske produced a paper making recommendations for the future monitoring of infections transmitted by Factor 8 and 9 concentrates.

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The Medical Ethics Expert Group was asked if there were circumstances in which it would be ethical for a clinician to withhold a test result from a person with capacity. The approach of the Medical Ethics Expert Group to the Inquiry was that the patient's autonomy should be respected.

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The Ministry of Health in association with the Scottish Home and Health Department produced "Notes on Transfusion" which set out the need to have a record of every transfusion in a patient's case notes and that it was "not always appreciated that the main reason for accurate recording is the protection of the patient."

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Dr Harold Gunson gave evidence to the House of Commons Social Service Committee about problems associated with AIDS. He referred to an example of a donation in the window period that led to HIV infection in the recipients.

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"The Guardian" published an article entitled "Blood donor passes Aids virus to baby". It reported that transfusions had been given to a mother living in Birmingham who had gone on to test positive for HTLV-3.

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Dr Harold Gunson produced a witness statement in the hepatitis litigation "A v National Blood Authority".

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Dr Marcela Contreras wrote to Dr Harold Gunson about the interpretation of data collected from anti-HIV positive blood donors, expressing concerns about the lack of feedback on the vast amount of data which was sent to Dr Tim Wallington. Dr Contreras asked Dr Gunson to urge Dr Wallington to produce a report on the HIV data as soon as possible.

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The Ministry of Health published in "The Lancet" a memorandum entitled "Homologous Serum Jaundice". It stated that reverse lookbacks had been undertaken in the UK since the 1940s in the context of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis and Hepatitis B.

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Dr Tim Wallington wrote to Dr Harold Gunson requesting feedback about the co-ordinated study of transfusion-transmitted HIV infection.

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Dr Vanessa Martlew wrote to Dr Harold Gunson, raising some concerns about the co-ordinated study of transfusion-transmitted HIV infection.

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