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Dr Lane observed that once one had exceeded the 100kg-200kg pool size, one had already exceeded any possibility of small pool protection.

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Dr Craske felt that the increased usage of small pooled concentrates would help to reduce the incidence of hepatitis in the haemophilic population.

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Dr Smith sent a memo to Dr Lane, suggesting that three tables in a report by Dr Craske, which he had presented to the working party, "offer good ammunition against the importation of U.S. plasma or its products".

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Dr Peter Foster and Ida Dickson considered that losses in Factor 8 from having to meet quality control requirements could be reduced.

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A memo from Dr Foster to John Watt and others described the specifics of a new-scale thawing tank becoming ready for use at the start of 1981.

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In a review of tables on batches and the pool size from which they were made during this period, it was found that of the 27 batches listed only 10 were larger than 300 litres, and of these the highest figure was 555 litres (being 5 such batches).

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In a review of contemporaneous sources, pool sizes ranging from a minimum of 800 donations (200kg) to 2,200 (550kg) were used, with the size dependent on whether the smaller or the larger freeze dryer was used.

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There was an increase of around 25% from the pool sizes recorded up to 1983 after it was identified that patients from Edinburgh were infected from a batch containing 4,000 donors.

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Change to dates for expert hearings

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Sir Brian Langstaff writes to Public Health England

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Timetable for public hearings 8 October - 1 November 2019 (London)

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Instruction letters for expert groups published

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Public hearings factsheet

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Inquiry files paperwork in judicial review

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Newsletter

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Inquiry publishes timetable for evidence relevant to potential recommendations

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Further details on the preliminary hearings

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In the SNBTS Annual Report 1992-1993 it was stated that a new Aberdeen RTC was not due to open until 1993.

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The Medicines Inspectorate report on the RTC in Edinburgh described the facilities for the processing and handling of blood as grossly deficient.

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A report prepared by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service stated that RTCs were initially not thought to be entitled to Crown Immunity when the Medicines Act came into force.

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