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Announcement of the Penrose Inquiry.

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Peter Burgin emailed his draft report on self-sufficiency to Charles Lister.

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Briefing for the Prime Minister included: "Greatest sympathy for those inadvertently infected. Patients concerned received best treatment in the light of medical knowledge at the time. As soon as reliable test became available (1991) all blood donations tested to prevent Hepatitis C infection."

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Department of Health published NHS Complaints Reform - Making Things Right.

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Shipman Inquiry 5th report Safeguarding Patients: Lessons from the Past - Proposals for the Future was published.

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The Haemophilia Society was formed and became an independent charity in 1964.

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The Haemophilia Society pressed for self-sufficiency in blood products.

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David Watters, co-ordinator at the Haemophilia Society, wrote to Professor Bloom seeking guidance regarding AIDS.

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The Society Bulletin had a Q&A session from Dr Peter Kernoff who expected AIDS to remain a rare disease.

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Professor Bloom told the Haemophilia Society's AGM not to get "over-concerned" about AIDS.

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Reverend Tanner circulated to Haemophilia Society members Professor Bloom's letter in response to the Mail on Sunday article "Hospitals using killer blood".

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The Haemophilia Society's Executive Committee decided unanimously that its policy was to encourage members to continue present treatment programmes "until there was evidence to prove otherwise".

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The Haemophilia Society requested the Department of Health and Social Security not to suspend the importation of US commercial products without definite evidence this was necessary.

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Haemofact (a fact sheet published by the Haemophilia Society) asserted that "the advantages of treatment far outweigh any possible risk."

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A Society Bulletin article stated "All things considered, haemophiliacs have no reason to be worried about using commercial concentrates."

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The Haemophilia Society took legal advice on compensation for members and circulated counsel's opinion to leading clinicians.

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The Haemophilia Society's project team concluded hepatitis "should not be a major concern" such as to justify campaigning.

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The Manor House Group started campaigning for those infected with Hepatitis C infection.

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The Haemophilia Society resolved to seek "maximum help" for those infected with Hepatitis C and "equitable treatment in financial terms" with those infected with HIV.

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The Haemophilia Society's campaign for compensation was rejected by the Government.

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