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1979 Report outlining the practice of prison donations in Scotland.

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By December 1983, the only Scottish region to be holding prison sessions was Glasgow.

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Following a meeting of the SNBTS directors, Dr McClelland was tasked with producing a revised version of the AIDS leaflet.

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Statistics following the emergence of AIDS showed that in Los Angeles during 1981, the number of reported AIDS cases increased from 10 in July to 70 in August.

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Statistics following the emergence of AIDS in Los Angeles during 1981, showed that the mortality rate was at 40%..

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A memo between Miss Teale and Hugh Morison described the views of John Mackay and how government should be open and transparent and ready for questions pertaining to the heat-treatment process.

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A letter from Dr Brookes to Dr Cash stated that the practice of hosting donor sessions at prisons and borstals in England and Wales had already been discontinued.

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In 1984, John Davies updated John Mackay on the Edinburgh patients and others who had antibodies after having received imported Factor 8.

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In 1983, communication between Dr Cash and David Haythornthwaite discussed the lack of consensus among the SNBTS directors on the question of donor sessions at prisons and borstals.

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Dr Walford held that by 1983 she believed that it was likely that AIDS was transmissible through blood and blood products

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A conversation between the SHHD and Paul Winstanley of the DHSS, held that the importance of social responsibility needed to be taken into consideration with respect to donor sessions in prisons and borstals.

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An article from Scotland mentioned two confirmed cases in 1983 and how there was a concern that soon the amount of cases in Edinburgh and Glasgow would rise.

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Ministerial statements following the announcement of John Patten held that more action needed to be taken towards AIDS awareness and so new AIDS leaflets are to be given to each known and new or unregistered donors.

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A discussion on the AIDS leaflet in Scotland by the SNBTS directors held that the leaflet should be available at donor sessions and STD clinics should be strengthened by mailing it to all blood donors.

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Dr A D McIntyre wrote to Major-General Hugh Jeffrey about blood donation and hepatitis. It is stated that "I understand the present position is that the red cells of all donors from endemic malarious areas are discarded and it is intended that this practice should continue. No attempt is made at the present time to identify donors from 'high risk' hepatitis areas although it is possible that in certain areas with a high immigrant population on a local code of practice exists".

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The Prisons in Scotland Report for 1980 recorded that the Blood Transfusion Service Units collected 1,676 pints of blood from prison inmates.

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Dr John Forrester wrote to Dr McIntyre about the UK Working Party on Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis. He stated that "This Working Party was established in 1981 and has been inactive for some time."

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Dr Graham Scott stated in a memo that "The position, as I understand it, is that the Maycock Advisory Group set up a small working group to consider geographical and racial factors and they produced recommendations in the form of an Appendix which appeared in an early draft. It was our view as soon as we saw it and indeed finally the view of the whole Advisory Group that the inclusion of such an Appendix could be inflammatory and the Appendix was therefore dropped."

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The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service discussed the topic of blood donation and hepatitis but focused on malaria.

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Dr John Cash wrote to Dr Albert Bell about transfusion-associated AIDS research. He proposed the formation of "a single UK group responsible to the Departments of Health for co-ordinating research in the area covering the interface between blood transfusion and AIDS."

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