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A telephone survey of England and Wales transfusion centres regarding the use of prisons as a source of donor blood was conducted. The results were presented to Scottish transfusion directors on 13 September 1983.

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The World Health Organization Expert Committee on Biological Standardization produced requirements for the quality control of blood and blood products and gave recommendations on donor selection.

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A study testing Hepatitis B surface antibody and Hepatitis B core antigen identified six times as many donors testing positive in prisons compared to general donors.

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Paul Winstanley wrote to J Brown about the use of blood from prisons. It was noted that it was for individual regional transfusion directors to determine this issue, and that the Home Office had been very much in favour of blood donation by prisoners.

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Dr Tony Napier told the Inquiry that encouraging prisoners to donate was thought to help their rehabilitation.

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The South West Regional Transfusion Centre stopped collecting donations from prisons.

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Dr John Wallace, the senior Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service director, stated in "Blood Transfusion for Clinicians" that it was socially and psychologically undesirable to exclude prisoners from blood donation.

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Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service directors considered the collection of blood in prisons and borstals. The meeting did not agree on future policy.

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Dr Brookes reported to Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service directors her consultation with the English/Welsh transfusion directors concerning collections in prisons and borstals.

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Belfast held its last prison donor session at HMP Belfast (Crumlin Road Jail), Magilligan HM Prison, Limavady, Co Londonderry.

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In his oral evidence to the Inquiry, Dr Morris McClelland acknowledged that there was an argument that prison donations in Northern Ireland should have been stopped long before October 1983.

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In his oral evidence, Dr Morris McClelland stated that the armed forces sessions in Northern Ireland were a valuable source of donors at a time when the blood services were struggling to maintain blood supplies.

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Dr Morris McClelland told the Inquiry that he was aware that there was a higher incidence of Hepatitis B among military donors, but given how important these donors were, he was unsure how much consideration he would have given to this.

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Dr Morris McClelland explained that if a donor session was held at a factory or a workplace, they would have many more donors than if it were held in other community locations.

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Dr Morris McClelland told the Inquiry that policies adopted in London were followed by the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service.

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According to Dr Morris McClelland's recollection, measures to prevent those with a history of intravenous drug use from giving blood included an interview and general assessment, but not anything more specific.

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Dr Morris McClelland told the Inquiry that the rapid uptake of red cell concentrates from 20% of the Belfast output to 75-80% in the space of three to four years was testament to the success of his and Dr Bharucha's work in persuading colleagues to use less whole blood and more red cell concentrates.

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In his evidence to the Inquiry, Dr Morris McClelland said that had they been asked, the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service would have been able to reprioritise and increase cryoprecipitate production. However, no such request was made.

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Dr Morris McClelland told the Inquiry that he did not consider it to be his place to question the prescribing practice of Dr Elizabeth Mayne, the Belfast haemophilia director.

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An article in The British Medical Journal discussed how a recent outbreak of hepatitis after prophylactic serum aroused controversy and drew attention to the dangers of hepatitis associated with immunisation.

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