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The distribution and allocation of NHS and commercial concentrate was discussed at a meeting of Directors of Haemophilia/Associate Haemophilia Centres and Blood Transfusion Centres and Regional Health Authorities.

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In relation to the setting of targets of plasma collection for BPL in England and Wales, the system used was one that was not conducive to achieving self-sufficiency.

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In a letter to Dr Maycock, Dr Wagstaff stated that he was keen to harvest more plasma from donations in Trent than was then being achieved, but in order to do so he needed to persuade the RHA to invest in more double packs.

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In a letter to Dr Lane, Dr Entwistle stated that the reason that Oxford's RTC did not appear on the pro rata table was attributed to the fact that half of the patients referred were not part of the region.

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The targets that were set for each RTC by BPL were not based on the amount of concentrate a region needed to achieve regional self-sufficiency in factor products. They were based instead on the population of the region.

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Due to the fact that the targets were set by BPL rather than drawn up by the RTCs, some RTCs pushed back against them because they did not agree they were set at the right level.

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RTCs were funded by, and thus accountable to, their RHAs, with medical and scientific oversight from the regional medical officer.

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Guidelines for Managing Records in Health and Personal Social Services Organisations in Northern Ireland provided records be retained 8 years after the conclusion of treatment.

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Guidelines for Managing Records in Health and Personal Social Services Organisations in Northern Ireland provided that records be retained 8 years after the conclusion of treatment or death.

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A Health and Social Services Circular called Preservation, Retention and Destruction of GP Medical Records provided that records be retained 10 years after the conclusion of treatment, the patient's death or the date on which the patient permanently left the country.

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The professional obligation on doctors to keep clear, accurate and legible records is set out in the General Medical Council's Good medical practice.

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The professional obligation on doctors to keep clear, accurate and legible records is set out in General Medical Council Protecting children and young people.

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The Caldicott Principles apply to the use of confidential information within health and social care organisations.

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Louise Williams, on behalf of the Lothian Health Board, provided evidence to the Inquiry confirming the board currently followed national guidance and provided current policies on document destruction. Copies of older policies were not available.

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A policy document entitled "Development and Management of Procedural Documents" was published by Lancashire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust setting out arrangements for developing and managing documents.

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An anonymous witness stated that when they contacted their hospital to obtain their medical records they were told they were "lucky as they should have been destroyed three years ago".

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An anonymous witness was unable to obtain a full set of his medical records, initially being told that they had been shredded and then later told that they had been placed on microfiche.

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In his written statement Dr Alexander Crowe explained how medical records are now registered on the Trust's Patient Administration System.

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Alistair Tough described the process for archiving, including the fact that only original documents are transferred to the archive repository and some have been digitised and made available for remote access.

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Louise Williams, archivist at the Lothian Health Services Archives, admitted that following NHS re-organisation in the early 1990s documents may have been destroyed.

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