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In anticipation of the Haemophilia Society's meeting with the Government, "The Northern Echo" stepped up its campaign and sent a supplement entitled a "A Fight for Justice" to every MP.

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In an oral answer, the Prime Minister responded to a question about "the desperate plight of haemophiliac AIDS victims" by stating that she would discuss the matter with the Minister of State for Health, Tony Newton, rather than repeating the Government line.

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In a letter to Flora Goldhill from P A Bearpark, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, he stated that the PM, Margaret Thatcher, was content that the issues relating to compensation for people with haemophilia was to be reconsidered.

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Dr Smithies advised the CMO's private secretary that a compensation scheme for people with haemophilia infected with HIV would need to take into account the claims of recipients of HIV infected blood donations and organ transplants, as well as the implications for people with haemophilia to whom non-A non-B Hepatitis had been transmitted, which was about 96-100% of those treated with products made from plasma pools.

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In a memo from Dr R J Moore to M Harris, he recommended that the Haemophilia Society were given a meeting with the Secretary of State regarding compensation for people with haemophilia infected with HIV so he could demonstrate he was personally aware of their case. He stated that the media and many MPs would be sympathetic to their campaign.

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In a letter from Virginia Bottomley to John Patten, she stated that medical treatment given prior to the introduction of screened donations and heat treatments of blood products in 1985 was the best available, in the light of medical knowledge at the time.

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The family of Nicholas Medley, a person with haemophilia who became infected with HIV and had died, wrote to John Patten saying that he had "very reluctantly accepted what he regarded as the derisory sum of £23,500 for a life of uncertainty and worry."

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The DHSS sought legal advice regarding a failure to take all proper steps to guard against infection or a failure to get informed consent of the patient undergoing treatment involving unpreventable risk.

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In a memo from Roderick Tooher to Malcolm Harris, it was noted there were strong treasury objections to a special compensation scheme.

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Dr Smithies in attendance at the UKHCDO's AIDS Group responded to a question about compensation by saying there was no "Government scheme at present nor any plans for setting up a scheme".

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The Haemophilia Society in their Hemofact magazine was quite clear in its position to put forward financial support for people with haemophilia; they believed that the Government had a clear moral duty to provide financial support in spite of any legal obligation.

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In the minutes of the UKHCDO, it was agreed that Dr Peter Jones should inform the Haemophilia Society that the reference centre directors fully supported the attempts to obtain "some compensation for haemophiliacs infected with HIV as a consequence of transfusion therapy."

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In an answer to parliamentary question on people with haemophilia, Tony Newton, the Health Minister, noted that on compensation for people with haemophilia, it was difficult to make a distinction between a "tragic problem" and "medical accidents".

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"The Northern Echo" began a campaign it described as "the public cry for justice" seeking compensation for people with haemophilia infected by AIDS as a result of their treatment.

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In October 1987, the Haemophilia Society in a report called for immediate positive and compassionate Government action.

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In a document addressed to the Government, the Haemophilia Society pleaded with the Government to act swiftly for the people with haemophilia stating that it was the only institution capable of minimising the distress of all those concerned.

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A newspaper article in "The Times" reported how ministers dismissed the arguments of the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, who claimed AIDS victims were swirling around in a human cesspit of their own making.

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Within a letter to John Patten, Nicholas Medley raised the question of compensation.

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Within a letter to John Patten, Baroness Trumpington outlined the government position on compensation stating there had never been a general State scheme to compensate those who suffered the unavoidable adverse effects which could in rare cases unhappily arise from some medical procedures.

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"The Effect of HTLV-III Antibodies on the overall lifestyle of people with haemophilia" explained how dentists would not treat people with haemophilia.

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