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A Dear Doctor letter regarding AIDS was circulated to chief administrative medical officers in Scotland.

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The third AIDS leaflet was circulated in a letter to regional general managers and general managers of Special Health Authorities for London Postgraduate Hospitals.

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A report was prepared setting out possibilities for research on AIDS, identifying the potential for research involving people with haemophilia.

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At an SNBTS meeting Dr Brian McClelland explained that the AIDS leaflet was amended following discussion with representatives of the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group.

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At an SNBTS meeting, attendees discussed the approaches taken in England and Wales and the policies of the American Red Cross and Council of Europe regarding AIDS.

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The Observer reported on the link between AIDS and blood, noting that AIDS had been identified in a small group of US haemophiliacs treated with concentrates.

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The Observer carried two articles: one headed Killer disease alert over gay blood donors and the other headed The epidemic spreads.

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The Working Party on Post-Transfusion Hepatitis identified a number of problems relating to NANBH that needed investigation.

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Dr Craske presented a paper on AIDS to the Medical Research Council Hepatitis Vaccine Working Group.

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Sir Henry Yellowlees confirmed that the MRC had not established a Working Party nor were they considering any research on AIDS.

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The MRC Working Party noted there was evidence from haemophiliacs showing some Scottish Factor 8 had been contaminated with HTLV-3. They also discussed whether it was unethical to inform patients who were HTLV-3 positive.

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The MRC Working Party discussed contact tracing of blood donations from AIDS patients.

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At the first Working Party on Post-Transfusion Hepatitis meeting, the terms of reference were recorded as: "To consider the feasibility of carrying out a survey on the incidence of post-transfusion hepatitis and to arrange for any such survey".

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The MRC's Blood Transfusion Research Committee was established.

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The MRC's Blood Transfusion Research Committee was reconstituted to deal with problems concerned with dried blood and its products.

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The MRC's Blood Transfusion Research Committee was reconstituted and the Cryoprecipitate Working Party and the Post-Transfusion Hepatitis Working Party was set up.

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The Working Party on the Use of Factor IX Concentrates for Conditions other than Christmas Disease was set up.

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The MRC's Blood Transfusion Research Committee originated in the 1940s, with the Committee being reconstituted from time to time and specific working parties being set up under its auspices.

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Professor Zuckerman was pressing for a meeting to be reconvened on the basis that "there are no data from the UK or Europe on the importance of so-called non-A, non-B viruses...When a test becomes available, it will be difficult to decide on policy in the UK unless the size of the problem is known."

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The Working Party on Post-Transfusion Hepatitis, formed in 1967, was reconstituted in view of the interest in NANBH and met on two occasions: 14 February 1980 and 25 June 1981.

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