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Application for funding from the MRC was made for the prospective study.

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Direct testing for HTLV-3 was thought to be in the offing.

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Universal screening of blood donations for HIV commenced in the UK.

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Professor Robert Gallo announced that he had identified the virus causing AIDS.

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An internal DHSS minute said that a screening test needed to be introduced "as quickly as possible".

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An article in The Guardian noted the use of a UK screening test.

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The Lancet reported that 34% of people with haemophilia receiving pooled clotting factors had tested positive.

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The first meeting of the Working Group on AIDS unanimously agreed that donors should undergo HTLV-3 antibody testing.

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The CMO made a public statement following a report in The Guardian of two cases of alleged AIDS transmission through blood donations.

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Ministers were asked to approve the use of a screening test for AIDS antibodies in the NBTS.

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Approval was granted for the use of a screening test for AIDS antibodies in the NBTS.

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Professor Arthur Bloom wrote to the DHSS: more testing staff were needed as was funding to develop British HTLV-3 antibody test kits.

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The EAGA met for the first time and discussed work being carried out to develop a screening test.

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The DHSS told the chair of the regional transfusion directors in England that it was in the interests of the blood services to delay testing until tests had been properly evaluated.

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Several countries had started screening blood donations; the UK was still evaluating tests and considering how best to implement blood donation screening.

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John Patten questioned the CMO "on the overall position" regarding testing, prompting the DCMO to demand a critical path analysis from the PHLS director.

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Professor Bloom wrote to the DCMO stating that one or more of the FDA-approved tests should be introduced immediately.

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Kenneth Clarke announced that an AIDS blood test would be introduced within the next few months.

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The PHLS recommended three tests to the EAGA as most suitable for use in diagnostic laboratories, two of which were particularly suitable for use in blood transfusion centres.

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The NBTS started routine screening of all blood donations for antibodies to HTLV-3.

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