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John McDougall noted in oral evidence that Dr Willoughby, from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow, had not discussed the risk of AIDS with parents and come to a consensus.

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In oral evidence John McDougall stated that as parent he had never been informed of the risks while his son was treated at RHSC

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At a large meeting at Birmingham Children's Hospital Dr Hill informed parents that some boys treated with Factor VIII were at risk of HIV infection.

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Susan Threakall was informed she had had Hepatitis C for at least 15 years. Her parents were never warned of the risks of Factor XI treatment by Birmingham Children's' Hospital.

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In oral evidence Ms Susan Threakall recalled a lack of historic communications regarding risk in relation to treatment and lack of provision of information and advice on different Factor VIII products.

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Lee Turton was treated at Bristol Children's Hospital with Factor 8 concentrate as a baby. He was swapped from cryoprecipitate to Factor 8 because cryo was "unavailable"

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Colin and Denise Turton were told by Dr Burman that Lee was only being treated with British Factor VIII so "there was no risk"

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In oral evidence Mr AN noted that his parents were not told of risks of infection, nor was he personally told to look out for any adverse reactions to treatment.

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In oral evidence Mr John Cornes described a lack of communication in respect of risks of infection and advice on the subject.

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In oral evidence Ms Elisabeth Buggins, Ms Brenda Haddock and Ms Christine Woolliscroft described a lack of historic communications on the severity of hepatitis and the risks of contracting hepatitis from concentrates.

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Elizabeth Buggins asked by the hospital to seek support elsewhere because staff at the hospital were becoming burdened. When she gave oral evidence to the Inquiry, her memory was quite clear that the doctors "encouraged us not to ask unless they felt we really needed to know"

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Brenda Haddock stated Dr Hill stressed "that it's in the boys' best interests to carry on with the treatment."

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Brenda only discovered that Andrew had been infected with HIV accidentally when looking through his notes when he was a hospital inpatient. When the hospital knew and the family did not, Brenda continued to treat Andrew thereby being put at risk herself.

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Parents of a child treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital were not told that he had been infected with HIV - their son, still a child, had been told at an outpatient appointment with Dr Hill; he assumed (understandably) that his parents had already been told, and did not speak to them about it because of that assumption.

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Christine Woolliscroft, whose son Michael was treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital, recalled in a meeting she was told her son was fine. A year and a half later, she was told by Dr Hill that he had HIV. She discovered post-mortem that Michael had been infected with Hepatitis C from a doctor in casual conversation.

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In a document about home treatment authored by Dr Evans, it was stated that used syringes should not be put in the bin as they could infect someone emptying the bin.

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In a report authored by Professor Bloom, he stated that warnings should have been given prior to May 1983 as to the risks of hepatitis consequent to treatment with concentrate.

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Dr. Peter Jones wrote in a book that every family knew that the use of human blood products carried the risk of hepatitis and that the risk had been linked particularly to commercial concentrates prepared from the blood of paid donors.

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Dr Davies provided a home treatment consent form for patients which stated that they agreed to treat themselves and that there was the possibility of hepatitis as a result of their therapy.

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National Blood Transfusion Service published a leaflet on AIDS which stated that AIDs could almost certainly be transmitted by transfusion of blood and blood products.

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