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The local management of records in Belfast meant that there may have been multiple locations where records were held in separate repositories.

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Caroline Leonard told the Inquiry that records management in Belfast had previously been managed locally by services.

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According to Caroline Leonard, different names of patients, such as middle names, had been used to register patients in some Belfast hospitals.

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Dr Gerard Dolan told the Inquiry that when he arrived at Nottingham "there had been a significant issue with case records".

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Professor Gordon Lowe told the Inquiry that "there was a general recommendation by the UK Genetic Disorder Society...that it was preferable that records [for individuals with haemophilia] not be destroyed".

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Dr Saad Al-Ismail told the Inquiry that prior to the establishment of the Swansea Haemophilia Centre medical records "would have been in the general records [and] would not be in the haematology department".

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Professor Peter Collins told the Inquiry that HIV results were filed separately from medical notes contrary to what one would have expected.

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Robert Mackie raised concerns that Professor Ludlam had kept a separate file regarding patients' HIV/AIDS infections

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In his witness statement, Professor Christopher Ludlam explained that he "kept short 'thumbnail' sketches of pertinent clinical information along with laboratory findings" for patients who were anti-HTLVIII positive.

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Derek Harrell told the Inquiry how he was unable to obtain copies of his medical records from Queen Mary's Hospital.

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A letter from Queen Mary's Hospital to Derek Harrell indicated that they had been unable to trace his medical records relating to his stay at the hospital in 1981.

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Rosamund Cooper told the Inquiry that after requesting copies of her medical records from the Manchester Children's Hospital, she was told that they could not be found.

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In his witness statement, Keith Leakey outlined the various policies relating to the destruction and retention of medical records at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust from 1980.

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In his witness statement, Keith Leakey described floods in 1998 and 2008 affecting medical records at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

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The policy changed in Lancashire so that the Trust's procedural documents were retained electronically.

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A fire due to arson at the site of (the then defunct) Sharoe Green Hospital in Lancashire destroyed 87% of the medical records being held and stored on the site.

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A fire destroyed a substantial amount of medical records and patient files held by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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A flood damaged a substantial amount of microfilmed medical records held by the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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There was a flood in the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

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There was a fire in the Blood Transfusion Laboratory at the Trafford General Hospital which resulted in all paper records there being destroyed.

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