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Dr Chitra Bharucha, consultant clinical haematologist and deputy director of NIBTS from 1981 to 2000, noted there were only two HIV positive donors in that time. In order to maintain confidentiality in a small community, she telephoned the GPs herself.

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Dr Jack Gillon was responsible for HIV Lookback in Edinburgh and South East Scotland Blood Transfusion Service. When a donor tested positive, he was responsible for obtaining the donation records. He wrote to the patient's consultant to inform them that his or her patient had received blood that was possibly infected with HIV, and to offer to inform the patient informally.

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A witness describes how being told of her husband's death nine years after his death provided comfort and that it was nice to know his death was out of her husband's control and "someone else's fault".

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The lack of a centralised database meant that some individuals infected with HIV were missed by the national lookback scheme. One individual received blood transfusions between June 1982 and 1984.

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Dr Hewitt explained that the only means of communicating with donors was by letter to the last recorded address held on the blood centre records. There was no facility to trace individuals by other means such as through NHS records.

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The Health Services Management: Retention of Personal Health Records (for possible use in litigation) provided that records had to be kept 8 years after the conclusion of treatment or 8 years after the death of a patient.

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For the record: Managing records in NHS Trusts and health authorities HSC provided that records had to be kept 8 years after conclusion of the treatment or death.

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The Public Records Act 1958, as amended by the Public Records Act 1967, provided that records of NHS organisations are public records.

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Part 1 of the Department of Health Records Management: NHS Code of Practice was released.

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Part 2 of Department of Health Records Management: NHS Code of Practice was issued.

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NHS England Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care 2021 provided that GP records for deceased patients be retained for 10 years.

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The Welsh Health Circular Preservation, Retention and Destruction of GP General Medical Services Records Relating to Patients provided that records be retained 10 years after the conclusion of treatment, the patient's death or after the patient had permanently left the country.

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The Welsh Health Circular For the Record: Managing Records in NHS Trusts and Health Authorities provided that records be retained for 8 years.

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The Welsh Government's Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care 2022: A Guide to the Management of Health and Social Care Records was issued.

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The Welsh Health Circular New Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Care 2022 was issued.

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The NHS Scotland Management Executive's Guidance for the Retention and Destruction of Health Records provided that records be retained 6 years from the date of the last recorded entry or 3 years after the death of the patient.

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The NHS Scotland Health Department's The Management, Retention and Disposal of Administrative Records was issued.

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Version 1 of the NHS Scotland Scottish Government Records Management: NHS Code of Practice was issued.

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Version 2 of NHS Scotland Scottish Government Records Management: NHS Code of Practice was issued.

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Version 2.1 of NHS Scotland Scottish Government Records Management: NHS Code of Practice was issued.

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