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Richard Gutowski sent an email to Linda Percival regarding the "ongoing campaign calling for a public enquiry" into infected blood. He stated "we have just concluded a review of documents at the time and the preliminary conclusions reached are that the Government at the time acted reasonably and a public enquiry is not warranted."

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Dr Ailsa Wight was appointed formally as deputy director of infectious diseases and blood policy, reporting to Gerard Hetherington as director of health protection.

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A journal article titled "Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis and the Anti-HCV Assay" Vox Sanguinis was referenced in the October 2004 version of the report on self-sufficiency.

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A journal article titled "Altruism and Payment in Blood Donation" Transfusion Science was referenced in the October 2004 version of the report on self-sufficiency.

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During his oral evidence Charles Lister was asked to explain what he meant by a "groupthink". He had reflected in his second and third statements on whether or not there was a collective mindset or a groupthink in the Department of Health about issues such as public inquiry and the HCV compensation scheme.

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In his witness statement Sir John Major talked of government policy making and changes of direction as resembling a supertanker changing course.

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In her witness statement Gaynor Lewis described the investigative work her late husband, Haydn Lewis, had undertaken on infected blood, including his work on putting together the Tainted Blood Accusations Document.

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In his witness statement Andrew March outlined his role in the Tainted Blood group.

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The Tainted Blood Accusations Document began "In 1974, Dr David Owen, then Health Minister, decided that if enough money were to be invested, the United Kingdom could become self-sufficient in blood products and they would only need to be sourced from Britain and would thus be much more likely to be free from contamination."

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In her witness statement Carol Grayson described her research into infected blood. She wrote the letter that prompted Yvette Cooper's request for a formal review into self-sufficiency.

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Carol Grayson submitted her dissertation titled "Blood Flows Not Just Through our Veins but Through our Minds. How has the Global Politics of Blood Impacted on the UK Haemophilia Community?" to the University of Sunderland. It critiqued the Self-Sufficiency Report.

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In a press release The Haemophilia Society condemned the Department of Health report into self-sufficiency.

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Donald Jackson wrote to Dr Irene Blakeney about blood products production. He requested that regional medical officers consider his paper on the same topic at their next meeting.

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Barry Gidden wrote to regional administrators about blood products production, stating the National Blood Transfusion Service was "unable to meet the demands of clinicians for certain preparations of human blood" and there was "an immediate need to provide more AHG concentrate".

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Thomas Dutton wrote to Sally Holtermann about the economic aspects of blood products production.

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Micheal Martin, Minister for Health and Children, reached agreement with the Irish Haemophilia Society in relation to compensating HIV-infected haemophiliacs and their dependents.

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An individual described long delays and hard work involved in obtaining their medical records.

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Cressida Haughton described trying to obtain her late father's medical records as "like a battle of wills".

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The Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937 was passed.

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The Scottish Hospital Service Destruction of Records provided that hospital records (including blood transfusion records) had to be kept for 6 years after the patient's treatment at the hospital, or three years if the patient died at the hospital.

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