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A review of previous reports of post-transfusion hepatitis began with the words: "It must now be recognised that under certain circumstances at present undefined hepatic necrosis may follow the parenteral administration of human blood products."

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In a note from Dr Panton to Dr Bradley, a joint sub-committee of the Jaundice Committee and the Blood Transfusion Research Committee of the Medical Research Council was proposed to deal specifically with post-transfusion hepatitis.

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The meeting of the Jaundice Committee showed that post-transfusion or serum hepatitis was well recognised by 1944.

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Bradley et al, in their article 'An Episode of 'Homologous Serum Jaundice' in The British Medical Journal, noted that the risk of transfusion-related hepatitis was sufficiently serious to set up a sub-committee in 1945 dealing solely with post-transfusion hepatitis.

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In a letter from Dr Maycock to Dr Robb-Smith, it was noted that users of plasma must be told that it was a potentially lethal fluid which should be used with discretion.

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In a note from Dr Maycock to Miss Long, the need to tell patients that they were at risk of contracting hepatitis via transfusion was noted.

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In a letter from J H Keidan Solicitors to Miss Long, the need to tell patients they were at risk was advised by solicitors.

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It was noted in MacCallum's Homologous Serum Hepatitis Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine that pooling plasma from a larger pool of donors would increase the risk of contracting hepatitis.

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Dr Maycock was concerned that a legal case regarding a lady that had died from hepatitis-related transfusion would lead to the plasma production being stopped.

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Dr Maycock did not believe there would be a strong case against the Blood Transfusion Service regarding a case involving hepatitis related transfusion, however was concerned that if litigation did take place, it could shut off the supply of plasma.

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The post-mortem of a woman affected by transfusion-related jaundice returned a verdict of misadventure.

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Large pool plasma filtration was abandoned due to the prevalence of homologous serum jaundice.

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By 1975, two years after Hepatitis A was identified, there was a test for both Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B.

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US studies showed that serum hepatitis caused death at a rate of approximately 1 in every 150 transfusions in the US in people over the age of 40. US Studies showed the mortality rate in late middle age of those infected could be as high as 40%.

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Update on the expert groups ahead of the preliminary hearings

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Inquiry publishes report by the Statistics Expert Group

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Further instruction letter to Psychosocial expert group published

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"The Sunday Telegraph" reported that a post-mortem carried out on a man with haemophilia found the vCJD prion in his spleen, which prompted an update being urgently sent to people with bleeding disorders.

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The chief medical officers of each of the four nations responded to a request to approve the framework for the management of possible exposures to CJD through medical procedures.

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A fourth case of vCJD transmission was associated with blood transfusion and was reported to the press.

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