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Armour made regular financial contributions to Dr Hill's "research fund".

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Dr Hill continued to screen children for HTLV-3 antibodies, that just over 50% were positive and that Dr Hill suspected that all children who have had a long exposure to concentrate may well have been infected.

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In a report prepared by Dr Franklin and Dr Hill, it was reported that 60% of the patients at BCH were positive for HIV.

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Dr Hill reported to Armour that two children had seroconverted to HIV following their use of Armour heat-treated Factorate.

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Of two boys who had seroconverted, Dr Hill stated that number 2 was treated with NHS product only, and number 1 was just unlucky as they had had only a moderate amount of treatment.

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Dr Hill reported to Armour that a third child had seroconverted.

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The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital treated children up to the age of 16 or 17 years.

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There was a smaller centre at Booth Hall Children's Hospital, where Dr Evans was the director and small numbers of patients were treated each year

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Letters were sent out to parents with their children's AIDS test results. There is also some evidence of two group meetings for parents being held at the RMCH.

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Dr Evans was concerned about the transmissibility of hepatitis to write to Professor Blackburn (then chair of UKHCDO) wanting to know what different laboratories were doing.

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In 1976 the annual returns from the Royal Manchester Childrens' Hospital showed the use of 270,970 units of cryoprecipitate, 32,973 units of commercial concentrates and 3,535 units of NHS Factor 8.

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By 1979 for the first time more units of concentrates (predominantly commercial) were used than cryoprecipitate at the Royal Manchester Childrens' Hospital .

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In 1980 significantly more units of concentrates (predominantly commercial) were used than cryoprecipitate at the Royal Manchester Childrens' Hospital.

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Inquiry issues letter about monitoring liver damage

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Richard Gutowski had expressed his concerns to Charles Dobson that "Officials would accordingly advise strongly against an out of court settlement in the HIV/haemophiliacs litigation."

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Inquiry issues letter about siblings and compensation

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Infected Blood Inquiry to Publish Additional Report

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Targets for blood donations were generally set up by BPL rather than being set by RTCs, resulting in push back from RTCs as they believed that the level that was set was not correct.

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A report on plasma supply held that the scheme used, which involved the setting of plasma targets for BPL on a national basis while trying to get regional bodies to fund the necessary work, was fundamentally flawed and was ultimately unsuccessful.

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Dr Gunson noted that more committed regions would only provide finance for plasma supply in respect of their own population.

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